relevant

Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛləvənt/

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relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)

1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
   1. (Usually and 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 Not out of date; current.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.

• (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• (not out of date): current, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date

• irrelevant (in binary cognitive schema, as compared with schematic spectrums allowing for notions of "directly relevant", "not directly relevant", "less relevant" and "especially relevant".)

• relevant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• relevant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

• levanter

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

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relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

1. relevant

• → Indonesian: relevan

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.l(ə).vɑ̃/

relevant

1. present participle of relever

• “relevant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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• Rhymes: -ant

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

1. relevant

   Synonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich

   Antonyms: irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich

• systemrelevant

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

relevant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

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

1. relevant

• irrelevant

• relevans

• “relevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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

1. relevant

• irrelevant

• relevans

• “relevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

From French relevant.

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

1. relevant

relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)

1. relevant

• irrelevant

• relevans

• relevant in Svensk ordbok.