relevant
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From Old French relevant (“assisting”), from Latin relevāns, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
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relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)
- Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
- Not out of date; current.
- 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, The Aberdeen Times:
- The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.
- 2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business[1], McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0071494892, page 39:
- Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.
- 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, The Aberdeen Times:
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- applicable
- germane
- in point (legal)
- pertinent
- salient
- significant
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Derived terms
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directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic
[edit] External links
- relevant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- relevant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)
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relevant
- third-person plural present active indicative of relevō
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Declension of relevant
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