relevant

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Etymology

From the Scots dialect of English meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scots legal circles starting in the early 1500s.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɹɛləvənt/

Adjective

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 Not out of date; current.

Synonyms

• (directly related to a topic) applicable, germane, in point (legal), pertinent, salient; See also Thesaurus:pertinent
• (not out of date) current, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date

Antonyms

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

Related terms

• relevance
• relevancy
• relief
• relieve
• reliever

Translations

• French: pertinent
• German: relevant
• Italian: rilevante
• Portuguese: relevante, pertinente
• Russian: соотве́тствующий
• Spanish: pertinente, relevante

Translations

• Italian: prevalente
• Russian: актуа́льный

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