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relevant

  • adjective
  • rel·e·vant
  • /ˈɹɛləvənt/

Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.

Other meanings

  1. Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.

  2. Not out of date; current.

Related words

  • biorelevant
  • immunorelevant
  • nonrelevant
  • omnirelevant
  • relevantly
  • unrelevant
  • safety-relevant

Word history

From Latin "relevāns" (relevāns, relevāntem).

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “relevant” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.