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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)

  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 Not out of date; current.
    • 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, in The Aberdeen Times:
      The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.
    • 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.
  3. (slang, by extension) Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.

Synonyms

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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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin relevans, present active participle of relevō (lift up again, lighten, relieve), from re- (again) + levō (lift).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /reːləˈvɑnt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧le‧vant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Adjective

relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

  1. relevant
    Antonym: irrelevant

Declension

More information Declension of, uninflected ...

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

  1. present participle of relever

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German

Pronunciation

Adjective

relevant (strong nominative masculine singular relevanter, comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)

  1. relevant
    Synonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich
    Antonyms: irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • relevant” in Duden online
  • relevant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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Latin

Verb

relevant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French relevant.

Adjective

relevant m or n (feminine singular relevantă, masculine plural relevanți, feminine and neuter plural relevante)

  1. relevant
  2. (linguistics) distinctive
    Synonym: distinctiv

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

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Swedish

Adjective

relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)

  1. relevant

Declension

More information Indefinite, positive ...

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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