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English
Etymology
From the Scots dialect of English meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scots legal circles starting in the early 1500s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)
- Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
- (especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
- His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
- (especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
- Not out of date; current.
- 2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 39:
- Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.
- (slang, by extension) Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.
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- (not out of date): current, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date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".)
Derived terms
- safety-relevant
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Translations
Further reading
- “relevant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “relevant”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
Anagrams
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Dutch
Etymology
From Latin relevans, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)
- relevant
- Antonym: irrelevant
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Indonesian: relevan
Further reading
- “relevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]
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French
Pronunciation
Participle
relevant
Further reading
- “relevant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
relevant (strong nominative masculine singular relevanter, comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)
- relevant
- Synonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich
- Antonyms: irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich
Declension
Positive forms of relevant
Comparative forms of relevant
Superlative forms of relevant
Derived terms
- sicherheitsrelevant, systemrelevant
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Latin
Verb
relevant
Norwegian Bokmål
Adjective
relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- “relevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Adjective
relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- “relevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Adjective
relevant m or n (feminine singular relevantă, masculine plural relevanți, feminine and neuter plural relevante)
- relevant
- (linguistics) distinctive
- Synonym: distinctiv
Declension
Further reading
- “relevant”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025
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Swedish
Adjective
relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)
Declension
1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
Antonyms
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