relevance (noun)
1relevance — relevant ► ADJECTIVE ▪ closely connected or appropriate to the matter in hand. DERIVATIVES relevance noun relevancy noun relevantly adverb. ORIGIN from Latin relevare raise up …
2relevance — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ considerable, great, wider ▪ limited, marginal ▪ This debate has limited relevance to our current concerns. ▪ dubious …
3relevance — rel·e·vance / re lə vəns/ n: the quality or state of being relevant: relation to the matter at hand ruled on the relevance of the testimony relevance in discovery has been broadly interpreted Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster.… …
4relevance — UK [ˈreləv(ə)ns] / US [ˈreləvəns] or relevancy UK [ˈreləv(ə)nsɪ] / US [ˈreləvənsɪ] noun [uncountable] ** the quality of being directly connected with and important to something else relevance of: I don t see the relevance of what you are saying.… …
5relevance — noun Date: 1733 1. a. relation to the matter at hand b. practical and especially social applicability ; pertinence < giving relevance to college courses > 2. the ability (as of an information retrieval system) to retrieve material that satisfies… …
6relevance — noun The property or state of being relevant or pertinent. Syn: bearing, pertinence Ant: irrelevance See Also: relevant …
7relevance — noun the relation of something to the matter at hand (Freq. 7) • Syn: ↑relevancy • Ant: ↑irrelevance • Derivationally related forms: ↑relevant (for: ↑relevancy …
8relevance — rel|e|vance [ reləvəns ] or relevancy [ reləvənsi ] noun uncount ** the quality of being connected with and important to something else: relevance of: I don t see the relevance of what you are saying. of relevance to something: The course covers… …
9relevance — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. connection, significance, pertinence; see importance 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The fact of being related to the matter at hand: applicability, application, appositeness, bearing, concernment, germaneness,… …
10relevance — [ˈreləv(ə)ns] noun [U] the quality of being connected with and important to something else Ant: irrelevance …
