What does Relevant mean?

Definitions for Relevant
ˈrɛl ə vəntrel·e·vant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. relevantadjective

    having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

    "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

Wiktionary

  1. relevantadjective

    Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.

    His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.

  2. relevantadjective

    Not out of date; current.

  3. Etymology: From relevant, from relevans, present active participle of relevo, from re- + levo.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. RELEVANTadjective

    Relieving. Dict.

    Etymology: French.

ChatGPT

  1. relevant

    Relevant refers to something that is closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand. It is deemed significant, pertinent, or applicable to the current issue or topic being considered or discussed.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Relevantadjective

    relieving; lending aid or support

  2. Relevantadjective

    bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable

  3. Relevantadjective

    sufficient to support the cause

  4. Etymology: [F. relevant, p. pr. of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve.]

Editors Contribution

  1. relevant

    Appropriate and just.

    The information was relevant to the discussion therefore it was allowed to be discussed.


    Submitted by MaryC on February 6, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Relevant' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1286

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Relevant' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1976

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Relevant' in Adjectives Frequency: #153

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Anagrams for Relevant »

  1. levanter

  2. revelant

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Relevant in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Relevant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Relevant in a Sentence

  1. Developer Nic Johns:

    For my analysis I only include crashes where there was at least one passenger fatality -- which is the relevant stat for those with a fear of flying, i then incorporate the volume of flights, weighted to the most recent 10 years, to provide the final' one in a million' statistics.

  2. John Sipher:

    If he just took President Donald Trump and tweeted President Donald Trump, President Donald Trump is indeed bad. I wouldn't bank on President Donald Trump, though my bet is when he asked if he was doing anything that gave up secrets, the relevant agencies said,' No.'.

  3. Hua Chunying:

    We will continue to maintain communication with relevant parties.

  4. Spokesman Sakellaridis:

    These last three weeks were tough weeks for a new government which -- let's not kid ourselves, we're not trying to fool anyone -- hasn't got the relevant experience, the real battle begins now.

  5. Adam Schiff:

    Regrettably, it has been necessary for Democrats to draft our own memorandum, setting out the relevant facts and exposing the misleading character of the Republicans ’ document so that members of the House are not left with an erroneous impression of the dedicated professionals at the FBI and DOJ.

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