relevant

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English

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)

  1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
    1. (especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
      His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
  2. Not out of date; current.
    • 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, in The Aberdeen Times[1]:
      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.
    • 2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business[2], McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 39:
      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.
  3. (slang, by extension) Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.

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Antonyms

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  • irrelevant (in binary cognitive schema, as compared with schematic spectrums allowing for notions of "directly relevant", "not directly relevant", "less relevant" and "especially relevant".)

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Latin relevans, present active participle of relevō (lift up again, lighten, relieve), from re- (again) + levō (lift).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /reːləˈvɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧le‧vant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

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relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

  1. relevant
    Antonym: irrelevant

Declension

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Declension of relevant
uninflected relevant
inflected relevante
comparative relevanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial relevant relevanter het relevantst
het relevantste
indefinite m./f. sing. relevante relevantere relevantste
n. sing. relevant relevanter relevantste
plural relevante relevantere relevantste
definite relevante relevantere relevantste
partitive relevants relevanters

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: relevan

Further reading

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  • relevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

French

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Participle

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relevant

  1. present participle of relever

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German

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Adjective

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relevant (strong nominative masculine singular relevanter, comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)

  1. relevant
    Synonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich
    Antonyms: irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich

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Further reading

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  • relevant” in Duden online
  • relevant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

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Verb

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relevant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

Norwegian Bokmål

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relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French relevant.

Adjective

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relevant m or n (feminine singular relevantă, masculine plural relevanți, feminine and neuter plural relevante)

  1. relevant
  2. (linguistics) distinctive
    Synonym: distinctiv

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Swedish

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Adjective

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relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)

  1. relevant

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Inflection of relevant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Neuter singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Plural relevanta mer relevanta mest relevanta
Masculine plural3 relevante mer relevanta mest relevanta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 relevante mer relevante mest relevante
All relevanta mer relevanta mest relevanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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