relevant

Pronunciation: /ˈɹɛləvənt/

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

Etymology

From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

In classic literature

Semantic network

Similar
pertinent, germane, applicable
Opposite (antonyms)
irrelevant

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