relevant

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Closely connected with the subject or situation being discussed.

   Please include any relevant facts in your report.

2. 2
   adj

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

   The message of the book is still relevant today.

Common collocations

• relevant information Adjective + noun

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”).

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