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RELEVANCE (noun) (czech translation (relevance = významnost, důležitost,…
RELEVANCE (noun)
czech translation
relevance = významnost, důležitost, závažnost
parts of speech
relevantly - adverb
nonrelevant - adjective
unrelevant - adjective
unrelevantly - adverb
synonyms
Synonym study
See apt.
Pronunciation note
See irrelevant.
Dictionary.com Unabridged
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Related Words for relevant
pertinent, suited, germane, consistent, applicable, related, compatible, admissible, important, significant, proper, suitable, accordant, allowable, apposite, apt, becoming, cognate, concerning, conforming
Examples from the Web for relevant
Contemporary Examples of relevant
Deep, situational, and emotional jokes based on what is relevant and has a POINT!
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Trolls and Martyrdom: Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie
Arthur Chu
January 9, 2015
But he added that the tactic ensured all “relevant” topics in the world of politics were back to the world of Paul.
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Rand Paul’s Passive-Aggressive Trolling Campaign
Olivia Nuzzi
January 6, 2015
Germane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.
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When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive
Laurence Maslon
December 16, 2014
The experts there said the material and the riveting was what would have been used in the relevant time period.
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How Amelia's Plane Was Found
Michael Daly
October 30, 2014
The question, almost akin to a riddle, is certainly a relevant one to anybody in a creative field.
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Frank Gehry Is Architecture’s Mad Genius
Sarah Moroz
October 27, 2014
Historical Examples of relevant
Illustrations have been moved closer to their relevant paragraphs.
Cossack Fairy Tales and Folk Tales
Anonymous
Yet a spirited and relevant discussion may be conducted in a class of a hundred or so.
College Teaching
Paul Klapper
For readability, the footnotes have been moved to the end of the relevant chapter.
The Classification of Patents
United States Patent Office
This I do, because it does not seem to me relevant to the matter in hand.
The Arena
Various
This puts the argument upon a plane where discussion is relevant.
A Preface to Politics
Walter Lippmann
British Dictionary definitions for relevant
relevant
adjective
having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent
linguistics another word for distinctive (def. 2)
Derived Forms
relevance or relevancy, noun
relevantly, adverb
Word Origin for relevant
C16: from Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve
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Word Origin and History for relevant
adj.
"pertinent to the matter at hand," 1550s, from Middle French relevant "depending upon," originally "helpful," from Medieval Latin relevantem (nominative relevans), from stem of Latin relevare "to lessen, lighten" (see relieve). Not generally used until after 1800.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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