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relevant

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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”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛləvənt/
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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 Not out of date; current.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[1]:
      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[2], 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.

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

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Etymology edit

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

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

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relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

  1. relevant
    Antonym: irrelevant

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Inflection of relevant
uninflected relevant
inflected relevante
comparative relevanter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial relevant relevanter het relevantst
het relevantste
indefinite m./f. sing. relevante relevantere relevantste
n. sing. relevant relevanter relevantste
plural relevante relevantere relevantste
definite relevante relevantere relevantste
partitive relevants relevanters —

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  • → Indonesian: relevan

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  • “relevant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

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relevant

  1. present participle of relever

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

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

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Positive forms of relevant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist relevant sie ist relevant es ist relevant sie sind relevant
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative relevanter relevante relevantes relevante
genitive relevanten relevanter relevanten relevanter
dative relevantem relevanter relevantem relevanten
accusative relevanten relevante relevantes relevante
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der relevante die relevante das relevante die relevanten
genitive des relevanten der relevanten des relevanten der relevanten
dative dem relevanten der relevanten dem relevanten den relevanten
accusative den relevanten die relevante das relevante die relevanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein relevanter eine relevante ein relevantes (keine) relevanten
genitive eines relevanten einer relevanten eines relevanten (keiner) relevanten
dative einem relevanten einer relevanten einem relevanten (keinen) relevanten
accusative einen relevanten eine relevante ein relevantes (keine) relevanten
Comparative forms of relevant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist relevanter sie ist relevanter es ist relevanter sie sind relevanter
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative relevanterer relevantere relevanteres relevantere
genitive relevanteren relevanterer relevanteren relevanterer
dative relevanterem relevanterer relevanterem relevanteren
accusative relevanteren relevantere relevanteres relevantere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der relevantere die relevantere das relevantere die relevanteren
genitive des relevanteren der relevanteren des relevanteren der relevanteren
dative dem relevanteren der relevanteren dem relevanteren den relevanteren
accusative den relevanteren die relevantere das relevantere die relevanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein relevanterer eine relevantere ein relevanteres (keine) relevanteren
genitive eines relevanteren einer relevanteren eines relevanteren (keiner) relevanteren
dative einem relevanteren einer relevanteren einem relevanteren (keinen) relevanteren
accusative einen relevanteren eine relevantere ein relevanteres (keine) relevanteren
Superlative forms of relevant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am relevantesten sie ist am relevantesten es ist am relevantesten sie sind am relevantesten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative relevantester relevanteste relevantestes relevanteste
genitive relevantesten relevantester relevantesten relevantester
dative relevantestem relevantester relevantestem relevantesten
accusative relevantesten relevanteste relevantestes relevanteste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der relevanteste die relevanteste das relevanteste die relevantesten
genitive des relevantesten der relevantesten des relevantesten der relevantesten
dative dem relevantesten der relevantesten dem relevantesten den relevantesten
accusative den relevantesten die relevanteste das relevanteste die relevantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein relevantester eine relevanteste ein relevantestes (keine) relevantesten
genitive eines relevantesten einer relevantesten eines relevantesten (keiner) relevantesten
dative einem relevantesten einer relevantesten einem relevantesten (keinen) relevantesten
accusative einen relevantesten eine relevanteste ein relevantestes (keine) relevantesten

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

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relevant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

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

  1. relevant

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

  1. relevant

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Borrowed from French relevant.

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

  1. relevant

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Declension of relevant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite relevant relevantă relevanți relevante
definite relevantul relevanta relevanții relevantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite relevant relevante relevanți relevante
definite relevantului relevantei relevanților relevantelor

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relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)

  1. relevant

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Inflection of relevant
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Neuter singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Plural relevanta mer relevanta mest relevanta
Masculine plural3 relevante mer relevanta mest relevanta
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 relevante mer relevante mest relevante
All relevanta mer relevanta mest relevanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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