pertain
verb (used without object)
to have reference or relation; relate.
have pertained
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present perfectof pertain.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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As The Vertical’s Adrian Wojnarowski wrote Friday, “Durant’s public and private criteria for the free-agent selection process have pertained to a singular focus: the chance to win titles immediately.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 27, 2016
Had England escaped in that match, or even scratched a win, then the status quo would have pertained, and almost certainly Flower would neither have sought nor been offered the role of director of cricket.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 7, 2011
Now if they had befallen him when a private citizen, they would have pertained to him alone, but since he was consul they had a bearing on all alike.
From Dio's Rome, Volume 3 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During The Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus by Herbert Baldwin Foster
The nest and eggs sent to and described by me in 'The Ibis' as belonging to this bird cannot really have pertained to it.
From The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1 by Allan Octavian Hume
Comparable considerations have pertained in relations between societies.
From One Common Faith by Baha'i International Community
