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Definition of relevant adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

        

    relevant

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    adjective
    NAmE//ˈrɛləvənt//
     
     
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  1. 1closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are thinking about a relevant suggestion/question/point Do you have the relevant experience? Send me all the relevant information. relevant to something/somebody These comments are not directly relevant to this inquiry. opposite irrelevant
  2. 2relevant (to something/somebody) having ideas that are valuable and useful to people in their lives and work Her novel is still relevant today. How relevant is learning Latin to most children?
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NAmE//ˈrɛləvəns//
 
noun [uncountable] I don't see the relevance of your question. What he said has no direct relevance to the matter in hand. a classic play of contemporary relevance
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adverb The applicant has experience in teaching and, more relevantly, in industry. AWL Collocationsrelevantrelevant adjectiveclosely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are in
  • literature
  • factor, variable
  • data, information
  • fact
  • question
This study includes all the relevant variables that past research suggests.
  • culturally, socially
  • theoretically
Researchers note the importance of culturally relevant health programs.
  • especially, highly, particularly
Three problems in the literature on youth and globalization are particularly relevant to my focus here.
  • potentially
  • directly
  • causally
A number of potentially relevant factors might be added to these models.
  • consider something, deem something
Where one stands in this debate depends on the evidence considered relevant to the question.
  • relevant to
This work is highly relevant to the interpretation of Native American religious traditions.irrelevant adjective
  • detail, information
Research shows that children’s ability to filter irrelevant information improves significantly from the ages of five to seven years.
  • largely
  • entirely
  • increasingly
  • seemingly
For the purposes of this paper, the first six verses are largely irrelevant; our focus is on the final verse.
  • render something
The civil war was so widespread that it rendered the central government largely irrelevant.
  • relevant to
Many of their examples are irrelevant to our arguments.relevance noun
  • contemporary
  • causal
  • direct
  • questionable
  • particular
The new translation is not only of historical interest but also of contemporary relevance.See relevant in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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