Relevant ˈreləvənt Adjective Information/Facts/Documents/Factors Incident Investigation Authorities Suggestion/Question/Point

• relevant information/facts/documents/factors
• the incident is still under investigation by the relevant authorities.
• a relevant suggestion/question/point
• the decision was in accordance with the relevant provisions of the police act 1996.

relevant

1. closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are in
• OPPOSITE irrelevant
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• relevant information/facts/documents/factors
• The incident is still under investigation by the relevant authorities.
• a relevant suggestion/question/point
• The decision was in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Police Act 1996.
• Do you have the relevant experience?
• These comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry.
• This book is particularly relevant for the study of Irish history of this period.
• It was clearly relevant to consider what effect the proposed works would have on the land.

Extra Examples

• Send me all the relevant information.
• These decisions are directly relevant to environmental issues.
• Is there a morally relevant difference between human life and animal life?
• Resist the temptation to discuss topics that are not strictly relevant to the essay question.
• The article was only marginally relevant.
• information relevant to this case
• He made one or two highly relevant points.
• I don't think that question is really very relevant.
• They are looking for someone with relevant experience in childcare.
• We should consider everything, even if it doesn't seem immediately relevant.
• You can get the relevant information from your admissions officer.
• vocationally relevant qualifications
2. the fact of being valuable and useful to people in their lives and work
• Her novel is still relevant today.
• Past imperial glories are hardly relevant to the present day.

Word Origin

• early 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term meaning ‘legally pertinent’): from medieval Latin relevant- ‘raising up’, from Latin relevare.