relevant
Use Relevant in a sentence
ə adjective
bearing upon or connected with the matter in hand; pertinent: a relevant remark.
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Relevant
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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| —adj | |
| 1. | having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent |
| 2. | linguistics another word for distinctive |
| [C16: from Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from | |
| 'relevance | |
| —n | |
| 'relevancy | |
| —n | |
| 'relevantly | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
relevant
"pertinent to the matter at hand," 1560, from M.L. relevantem (1481), prp. of L. relevare "to lessen, lighten" (see relieve). Originally a Scottish legal term meaning "take up, take possession of property;" not generally used until after 1800. Relevance is from 1733 (relevancy
in the same sense is recorded from 1561).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
If not, they can always import that experience by bringing in guest speakers or studying relevant essays or video clips.
Other resources will include important manuscripts, books, and pamphlets relevant to the great voyages of the period.
Fluency in the relevant local language will be essential for both fellowships.
What is more relevant to our times, though, is that the rich of today are also different from the rich of yesterday.
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