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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 callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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| relevant (ˈrɛlɪvənt) | |
| —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
EXPANDin the same sense is recorded from 1561).
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