Meaning | The relation of something to the matter at hand. |
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Synonym | relevance |
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Narrower | applicability, pertinence, pertinency | relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
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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) |
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Opposite | irrelevance, irrelevancy | The lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand |
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Spanish | pertinencia, relevancia |
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Catalan | pertinència, rellevància, significació |
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Adjectives | relevant | having a bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue |
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