Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

covariate

/koʊˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.70 in modern English

Syllables: co-vari-ate
IPA: /koʊˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.

Example Sentences

"On the basis of these analogies, any inference of a population structure driven by selective sweeps would require good longitudinal data from natural bacterial populations, as well as observations of episodic crashes in diversity causally associated with genetic changes and not associated with changes in ecological covariates."
"Mahalanobis used a visual method of approximating the standard error of the income at all the fractiles of the covariate for the same graph by taking two independently selected "interpenetrating subsamples" and obtaining a graph for each of the subsamples besides the combined sample."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English variate English covariate From co- + variate.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /koʊˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/
British English: /kəʊˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/

Inflected Forms

covariates (plural)

Derived Forms

autocovariate

Frequently Paired Words

covary covariance covariated multicovariate

Questions

How do you pronounce covariate?: The recorded pronunciation is /koʊˈvɛɹ.i.eɪt/.
What does covariate mean?: A variable that is possibly predictive of the outcome under study.
Where does covariate come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Latin co-lbor. English co- English variate English covariate From co- + variate.

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