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Relevant ˈreləvənt Comments Directly Adjective Bre Suggestion/Question/Point Experience

Word relevant
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈreləvənt / NAmE / ˈreləvənt /
Example
  • a relevant suggestion/question/point
  • do you have the relevant experience?
  • send me all the relevant information.
  • these comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry.
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relevant

(adjective)BrE / ˈreləvənt / NAmE / ˈreləvənt /
  1. closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are thinking about
    • opposite irrelevant
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/irrelevant
    • a relevant suggestion/question/point
    • Do you have the relevant experience?
    • Send me all the relevant information.
    • These comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry.
  2. having ideas that are valuable and useful to people in their lives and work
    • Her novel is still relevant today.
    • How relevant is religious education to most children?

    Extra Examples

    • Is there a morally relevant difference between human life and animal life?
    • Past imperial glories are hardly relevant to the present day.
    • 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
    • vocationally relevant qualifications
    • He made one or two highly relevant points.
    • I don’t think that question is really very relevant.
    • These comments are not directly relevant to this enquiry.
    • 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.

    Word Origin

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