relevant
[ rel-uh-vuhnt ]
/ ˈrɛl ə vənt /
adjective
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
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a person who acts as though he or she knows everything and who dismisses the opinions, comments, or suggestions of others.
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a well-intentioned but naive and often ineffectual social or political reformer.
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SYNONYMS FOR relevant
synonym study for relevant
See apt.
pronunciation note for relevant
See irrelevant.
OTHER WORDS FROM relevant
Words nearby relevant
relegate, relent, relentless, Relenza, relevance, relevant, relevé, relexify, reliability, reliable, reliance
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Example sentences from the Web for relevant
This information helps us determine the most likely people, places or things relevant to a specific image.
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The idea, here, is that a person charged with some offense tries to discredit the accuser by charging them with a similar one or bringing up a different issue altogether—none of which is relevant to the original accusation.
Link back to relevant webpages approximately every 120 words of content.
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British Dictionary definitions for relevant
relevant
/ (ˈrɛlɪvənt) /
adjective
having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent
linguistics another word for distinctive (def. 2)
Derived forms of relevant
relevance or relevancy, nounrelevantly, adverbWord Origin for relevant
C16: from Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve
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