relevant

B2 Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈɹɛləvənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #6229

Meanings

1

adj
Closely connected with the subject or situation being discussed.

Please include any relevant facts in your report.
2

adj
Important and useful in the present time or situation; up to date.

The message of the book is still relevant today.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

2 adj · important and useful in the... current up-to-date

More germane pertinent salient

Opposites

irrelevant

Word family

Forms relevantly

Derived forms biorelevantimmunorelevantnonrelevantomnirelevantrelevantlysafety-relevantunrelevant

Related forms relevance relevancy relief relieve reliever

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Phrases (1)

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relevant information
information that directly relates to the matter at hand

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

relevant sco relevāns Latin

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# relevant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈɹɛləvənt/
**Frequency rank:** 6229

## Meanings
1. Closely connected with the subject or situation being discussed.
2. Important and useful in the present time or situation; up to date.

## Examples
- Please include any relevant facts in your report.
- The message of the book is still relevant today.

## Synonyms
- germane
- pertinent
- salient

## Antonyms
- irrelevant

## Derived Forms
- biorelevant
- immunorelevant
- nonrelevant
- omnirelevant
- relevantly
- safety-relevant
- unrelevant

## Related Forms
- relevance
- relevancy
- relief
- relieve
- reliever

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: relevant
- Root: relevāns

## Etymology
From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

## AI Etymology
Relevant comes from Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”). Modern senses include closely connected with the subject or situation being discussed. and important and useful in the present time or situation; up to date.. The wider word family includes derivatives such as biorelevant, immunorelevant, nonrelevant, omnirelevant, relevantly, and safety-relevant and related forms such as relevance, relevancy, relief, and relieve.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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