Meaning | Having a bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue. |
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Example | "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research" |
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Narrower | applicable | capable of being applied |
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germane | relevant and appropriate |
pertinent | Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand |
Opposite | irrelevant | Having no bearing on or connection with the subject / subject / subject at issue |
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Spanish | pertinente, relevante |
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Catalan | pertinent, relevant, rellevant |
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Nouns | relevance, relevancy | the relation of something to the matter at hand |
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Adverbs | relevantly | with relevance |
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