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Webster 1913 Edition

Relevant

Rel′e-vant

(-vant)
,
Adj.
[F.
relevant
, p. pr. of
relever
to raise again, to relieve. See
Relieve
.]
1.
Relieving; lending aid or support.
[R.]
Pownall.
2.
Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.
Close and
relevant
arguments have very little hold on the passions.
Sydney Smith.
3.
(Scots Law)
Sufficient to support the cause.

Webster 1828 Edition

Relevant

REL'EVANT

,
Adj.
[L. relever, to relieve, to advance, to raise; re and lever, to raise.]
1.
Relieving; lending aid or support.
2.
Pertinent; applicable. The testimony is not relevant to the case. The argument is not relevant to the question. [This is the sense in which the word is now generally used.]
3.
Sufficient to support the cause.

Definition 2024

relevant

relevant

English

Adjective

relevant ‎(comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)

  1. Directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
    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 Not out of date; current.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 978-0071494892, 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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  • relevant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • relevant in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Dutch

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Etymology

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

Adjective

relevant ‎(comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

  1. relevant

French

Verb

relevant

  1. present participle of relever

German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

relevant ‎(comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)

  1. relevant

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Comparative forms of relevant
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
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

Latin

Verb

relevant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

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

  1. relevant

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

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

  1. relevant

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Swedish

Adjective

relevant

  1. relevant

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Inflection of relevant
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Neuter singular relevant mer relevant mest relevant
Plural relevanta 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 an attributive role.

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Etymology

From Old French relevant ‎(“assisting”), from Latin relevāns, present active participle of relevō ‎(“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- ‎(“again”) + levō ‎(“lift”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛləvənt/

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