relevant
adjective OPAL WOPAL S
/ˈreləvənt/
/ˈreləvənt/
- 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.
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
- …
- especially
- extremely
- highly
- …
- to
- 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.
Word Originearly 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term meaning ‘legally pertinent’): from medieval Latin relevant- ‘raising up’, from Latin relevare.