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noun
Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A relevant thing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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noun
the relation of something to the matter at hand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: relevance
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: connection, connexion, connectedness
Narrower terms: materiality, cogency, point, applicability, pertinence, pertinency
History
From relevant + -cy.
Across languages
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
