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单词 relevantly
释义

relevant

adjective

rel·​e·​vant ˈre-lə-vənt How to pronounce relevant (audio)
1
a
: having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand
b
: affording evidence tending to prove or disprove the matter at issue or under discussion
relevant testimony
c
: having social relevance
2
: proportional, relative
relevantly adverb

Synonyms

  • applicable
  • apposite
  • apropos
  • germane
  • material
  • pertinent
  • pointed
  • relative
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Example Sentences

… the sport [men's tennis] is so invisible to the American fan that it's in danger of becoming as relevant as—gasp—soccer Mike Freeman, NewYork Times, 1 Sept. 2002 Mendelian genetics is no more relevant to understanding heredity in the real world than Euclidean geometry is to understanding the shape of an oak tree. Matt Ridley, Genome, 1999 But it is much less relevant when the question becomes, as it should, "What, then, must we do with and for the one third or so of black America that seems to be permanently alienated from the structures of opportunity in this society?" Glenn C. Loury, Atlantic, November 1997 The smallest distance that is relevant to measurement today is something like 10-17 centimeters, which is how far a thing called the Z0 (see zero) can travel before it departs our world. Leon Lederman et al., The God Particle, 1993 The ideas and observations expressed in the book are still relevant today. make sure your comments during the interview are short and relevant See More
Recent Examples on the Web Whitaker responded that the arguments are only relevant to Mitchell’s negligence claim. Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Sep. 2022 However, when facts in those investigations are relevant to the current cases, there are ways to admit them to trial, Alperstein said. Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 13 Sep. 2022 One recent example of NPE litigation relating to semiconductors is particularly relevant to the Chips Act insofar as that legislation is supposed to promote domestic semiconductor manufacturing. Michael B. Mukasey, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022 Police declined to release a cause of death in the case, saying that detail was relevant to the investigation. Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2022 Mouse studies often mirror only a single aspect of the disease that may not be directly relevant to people. Agnès Lacreuse, The Conversation, 31 Aug. 2022 When employees are required to sit through hours of classroom or online training, or when the content they’re being trained on isn’t relevant to their role, employees tend to feel stress, fatigue and resentment. Dan Whelan, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Although the report focused on German business leaders, its findings are relevant to all countries where gender inequality remains a reality. Sarah Todd, Quartz, 22 Aug. 2022 But those quiet days are now over, a casualty of the volatile political climate of the last few years and the league’s goal of being relevant to a new generation. Megan O’matz, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2022 See More

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin relevant-, relevans, from Latin, present participle of relevare to raise up — more at relieve

First Known Use

circa 1540, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

relevant

adjective

rel·​e·​vant ˈre-lə-vənt How to pronounce relevant (audio)
: having something to do with the matter at hand
a relevant question

Legal Definition

relevant

adjective

rel·​e·​vant ˈre-lə-vənt How to pronounce relevant (audio)
1
: tending logically to prove or disprove a fact of consequence or to make the fact more or less probable and thereby aiding the trier of fact in making a decision
determined that the evidence was relevant
also : having a bearing on or reasonably calculated to lead to a matter that bears on any issue in a case for purposes of pretrial discovery see also relevant evidence at evidence
2
: having significant and demonstrable bearing on facts or issues
was not a relevant case

relevantly

adverb

as in meaningfully

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • meaningfully
  • pertinently
  • sensibly
  • sufficiently
  • perfectly
  • adequately
  • appropriately
  • acceptably
  • satisfactorily
  • properly
  • correctly
  • infallibly
  • suitably
  • aptly
  • rightly
  • fittingly
  • germanely
  • wisely
  • well
  • prudently
  • sagely
  • right

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wrongly
  • inappropriately
  • erroneously
  • incorrectly
  • improperly
  • inaccurately
  • inaptly
  • mistakenly
  • faultily
  • imperfectly
  • unsuitably
  • misguidedly
  • fallibly
  • amiss
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