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Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated, usually
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noun
relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: applicability, pertinence
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: relevance, relevancy
Narrower terms: germaneness
History
From Latin pertineō.
