relevant

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
14
Letters
8
Pronunciation
/ˈɹɛləvənt/

Definition of relevant

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
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adj

  1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
  2. (especially)Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
    “His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.”
    “Although autistic women with AN have cited concerns with weight/shape as less relevant in the development of their ED (Kinnaird, Norton, Stewart, et al., 2019), these could still have been a contributing factor.”
  3. Not out of date; current.
    “The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.”
    “Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.”
  4. (broadly, slang)Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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”).

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