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Definition of relevant adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

relevant

adjective
 
/ˈreləvənt/
 
/ˈreləvənt/
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  1. closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are in
    • relevant information/facts/documents/factors
    • The incident is still under investigation by the relevant authorities.
    • a relevant suggestion/question/point
    • The decision was in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Police Act 1996.
    • Do you have the relevant experience?
    • relevant to somebody/something These comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry.
    • relevant for somebody/something This book is particularly relevant for the study of Irish history of this period.
    • it is relevant to do something It was clearly relevant to consider what effect the proposed works would have on the land.
    opposite irrelevant
    Extra Examples
    • Send me all the relevant information.
    • These decisions are directly relevant to environmental issues.
    • Is there a morally relevant difference between human life and animal life?
    • 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
    • He made one or two highly relevant points.
    • I don't think that question is really very relevant.
    • 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.
    • vocationally relevant qualifications
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • become
    adverb
    • especially
    • extremely
    • highly
    preposition
    • to
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  2. the fact of being valuable and useful to people in their lives and work
    • Her novel is still relevant today.
    • relevant to somebody/something Past imperial glories are hardly relevant to the present day.
  3. Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term meaning ‘legally pertinent’): from medieval Latin relevant- ‘raising up’, from Latin relevare.
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