related to is an adjective meaning "being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics". It carries one recorded sense.
being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics
“painting and the related arts”
“school-related activities”
“related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces”
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for related to come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.