related to sth/sb
prep. phr..prep. phr.. connected to something or someone in some way. You use this when two things have a link or belong to the same family.
prep. phr.. indicating a connection, association, or kinship between two entities; often used to describe thematic links or biological relationships.
Is your job related to your studies?
The police are questioning a man in connection with crimes related to car theft.
The researchers discovered that the decline in local bird populations was directly related to the increased use of specific pesticides in nearby farmland.
usually follows a form of the verb 'to be' and is followed by the preposition 'to'.
help students distinguish between the 'connected by topic' sense and the 'family' sense; note that 'related to' is more common than 'kin to' in modern English.
This problem is related with the weather.This problem is related to the weather.the adjective 'related' always takes the preposition 'to', not 'with'.