| NOUN | relation | relevancy, relevance | the relation of something to the matter at hand |
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| Sounds | reh'lahvahnsiy | |
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| Rhymes | absorbency ... Yangtze: 255 rhymes with siy... | |
| Meaning | The relation of something to the matter at hand. | |
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| Synonym | relevance | |
| Narrower | applicability, pertinence, pertinency | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
| cogency | persuasive relevance | |
| materiality | relevance requiring careful consideration | |
| point | A style in speech / speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect | |
| Broader | connection, connexion, connectedness | A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it) |
| Opposite | irrelevance, irrelevancy | The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand |
| Spanish | pertinencia, relevancia | |
| Catalan | pertinència, rellevància, significació | |
| Adjectives | relevant | having a bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue |
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