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The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.
Walter Salles

Meaning of "pertain" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PERTAIN

From Latin pertinēre, from per- (intensive) + tenēre to hold.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PERTAIN

pertain  [pəˈteɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERTAIN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pertain is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pertain in English.

WHAT DOES PERTAIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pertain in the English dictionary

The first definition of pertain in the dictionary is to have reference, relation, or relevance. Other definition of pertain is to be appropriate. Pertain is also to belong or be a part ; be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PERTAIN

PRESENT

Present
I pertain
you pertain
he/she/it pertains
we pertain
you pertain
they pertain
Present continuous
I am pertaining
you are pertaining
he/she/it is pertaining
we are pertaining
you are pertaining
they are pertaining
Present perfect
I have pertained
you have pertained
he/she/it has pertained
we have pertained
you have pertained
they have pertained
Present perfect continuous
I have been pertaining
you have been pertaining
he/she/it has been pertaining
we have been pertaining
you have been pertaining
they have been pertaining
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pertained
you pertained
he/she/it pertained
we pertained
you pertained
they pertained
Past continuous
I was pertaining
you were pertaining
he/she/it was pertaining
we were pertaining
you were pertaining
they were pertaining
Past perfect
I had pertained
you had pertained
he/she/it had pertained
we had pertained
you had pertained
they had pertained
Past perfect continuous
I had been pertaining
you had been pertaining
he/she/it had been pertaining
we had been pertaining
you had been pertaining
they had been pertaining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pertain
you will pertain
he/she/it will pertain
we will pertain
you will pertain
they will pertain
Future continuous
I will be pertaining
you will be pertaining
he/she/it will be pertaining
we will be pertaining
you will be pertaining
they will be pertaining
Future perfect
I will have pertained
you will have pertained
he/she/it will have pertained
we will have pertained
you will have pertained
they will have pertained
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pertaining
you will have been pertaining
he/she/it will have been pertaining
we will have been pertaining
you will have been pertaining
they will have been pertaining
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pertain
you would pertain
he/she/it would pertain
we would pertain
you would pertain
they would pertain
Conditional continuous
I would be pertaining
you would be pertaining
he/she/it would be pertaining
we would be pertaining
you would be pertaining
they would be pertaining
Conditional perfect
I would have pertain
you would have pertain
he/she/it would have pertain
we would have pertain
you would have pertain
they would have pertain
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pertaining
you would have been pertaining
he/she/it would have been pertaining
we would have been pertaining
you would have been pertaining
they would have been pertaining
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pertain
we let´s pertain
you pertain
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pertain
Past participle
pertained
Present Participle
pertaining
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERTAIN


appertain
ˌæpəˈteɪn
Aquitaine
ˌækwɪˈteɪn
ascertain
ˌæsəˈteɪn
attain
əˈteɪn
contain
kənˈteɪn
detain
dɪˈteɪn
distain
dɪsˈteɪn
entertain
ˌɛntəˈteɪn
Fonteyn
fɒnˈteɪn
huitain
wiːˈteɪn
intermontane
ˌɪntəmɒnˈteɪn
maintain
meɪnˈteɪn
obtain
əbˈteɪn
preobtain
ˌpriːəbˈteɪn
reattain
ˌriːəˈteɪn
reobtain
ˌriːəbˈteɪn
retain
rɪˈteɪn
state-maintained
ˌsteɪtˈmeɪnˈteɪn
transmontane
ˌtrænzmɒnˈteɪn
ultramontane
ˌʌltrəmɒnˈteɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERTAIN

pert
Perth
Perth and Kinross
perthite
perthitic
Perthshire
pertinacious
pertinaciously
pertinaciousness
pertinacity
pertinence
pertinency
pertinent
pertinently
pertly
pertness
perturb
perturbable
perturbably
perturbance

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERTAIN

air curtain
bamboo curtain
Britain
captain
certain
curtain
door curtain
drop curtain
encurtain
final curtain
fire curtain
for certain
Iron Curtain
ring down the curtain
ring up the curtain
safety curtain
shower curtain
the curtain
uncertain
uncurtain

Synonyms and antonyms of pertain in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pertain» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERTAIN

Find out the translation of pertain to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pertain from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pertain» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

与…相关
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

concernir a
570 millions of speakers

English

pertain
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संबंधित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تتعلق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

относятся
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

concernir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অধিকারে থাকা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

se rapporter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertain
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

betreffen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

関連する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적용하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pertain
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

liên quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்புடையதாக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संबंधित आहे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ilgilidir
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riguardare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dotyczą
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відносяться
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

se referă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αφορούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

betrekking
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avser
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gjelder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pertain

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERTAIN»

The term «pertain» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.737 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERTAIN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pertain

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5 QUOTES WITH «PERTAIN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pertain.
1
Frank Gaffney
The most desirable aspects of the Law of the Sea Treaty pertain to navigational rights.
2
Ramana Maharshi
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad qualities in the Self. The Self is free from all qualities. Qualities pertain to the mind only.
3
Chris Messina
If you're playing your character and you're running into all these people who know who you are and treat you in a way that doesn't pertain at all to the character, it takes you out of it more, so when you're alone in a city where people don't know you, you can kind of pretend even more and get into the head space of where you need to be.
4
Alan Rosenberg
Fair play doesn't pertain in bargaining. What matters there is leverage.
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Walter Salles
The other aspect is that you become much more aware of the structural problems that pertain to that continent. You feel the need to act to try and solve them.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERTAIN»

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Proceedings in the Trial of the Case of the United States ...
^Papers marked A pertain to route 34149, Kearney to Kent, Nebr. B pertain to route 38135, Saint Charles to Greenhorn, Colo. C pertain to route 41119, Toquerville to A<lairville, Utah. D pertain to route 44155, The Dalles to Baker City , Oreg.
Andrew Wylie, 1882
2
Summa Theologica, Volume 2 (Part II, First Section)
Nor are they judicial precepts; since they do not pertain to the pronouncing of judgment between man and man. Therefore they are ceremonial precepts. Yet they seem in no way to pertain to the worship of God. Therefore the nature of the  ...
St Thomas Aquinas, 2013
3
The Sacred Books of the East
The cups of Soma thereat pertain to Indra, and so do the Puroruk formulas pertain to Indra, in order that everything should pertain to Indra. 5. The third day is a Stlryastut Ukthya, for the sake of his gaining and winning all the gods, for Surya is ...
Friedrich Max Müller, 1900
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The Sacred Books of the East: The Satapatha-Brahmana, pt. 5
4. The second day is an Indrastut Ukthya, for the sake of his gaining and winning all the gods, for Indra is all the gods. The cups of Soma thereat pertain to Indra, and so do the Puroru^ formulas pertain to Indra, in order that everything should ...
‎1900
5
The Physician's Wife and the Things That Pertain to Her ...
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series.
Ellen M Firebaugh, 2010
6
The Numerical Discourses of the Buddha: A Complete ...
”Here, friend Ananda, [some] beings do not understand as it really is: 'These perceptions pertain to deterioration; these perceptions pertain to stabilization; these perceptions pertain to distinction; these perceptions pertain to penetration.
‎2012
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THE NEW AMERICANS
In this source, English-language ability and naturalization rate data pertain to all persons; education and labor force status data pertain to persons aged 25—64; median total personal income, class of worker, and occupation data pertain to ...
Mary C. Waters, Reed Ueda, Helen B. Marrow, 2007
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Summa Theologica Part II ("Secunda Secundae") (Extended ...
OF THE ACTIVE LIFE (In Four Articles) We must now consider the active life, under which head there are four points of inquiry: (1) Whether all the works of the moral virtues pertain to the active life? (2) Whether prudence pertains to the active ...
St. Thomas Aquinas, 2012
9
Seventeen short treatises of S. Augustine, Bishop of Hippo
This surely, you answer, tAtE" that, although both be led by great desire to know, yet the CRE- curious man seeks after things that no way pertain to him, but - — - — " the studious man, on the contrary, seeks after what pertain to him.
Saint Augustine (Bishop of Hippo.), 1847
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The Book of Doctrine and Covenants of the Church of Jesus ...
njer-day Saints — " Grace and peace be multiplied unto you, through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, according as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him ...
Joseph Smith, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERTAIN»

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Let's hope AP ages like A-Rod
... way around Target Field, those who also root for the Vikings can take heart in the lessons he offered as they pertain to a certain running back. «Minneapolis Star Tribune, Jul 15»
2
City on short fuse: PCR gets 15868 calls relating to quarrels in 6 …
Of the total 42,901 calls received at the police control room from January 1 to June 30 this year, a total of 15,868 pertain to brawls and quarrels. «Chandigarh Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Watch: Architectural Plans for Third Temple Have Begun
"One third of all Torah commandments pertain to the building of and service in the Holy Temple," Rabbi Richman noted. "Today, we not only ... «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
4
EDITORIAL: Time for county to boost Animal Control
Animal Control is one of those muddled bureaucratic departments. The unit enforces state and local ordinances that pertain to animals — from ... «Savannah Morning News, Jul 15»
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First pictures of the Samsung Galaxy S6 Mini leak; August release?
The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact showed the world that “small” need only pertain to stature, not specs. Curiously the lack of a Galaxy S6 Edge Mini ... «Android Authority, Jul 15»
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'Openness for thee, not me'
Under N.C. law, most of those emails are public records, as long as they pertain to public business. It's common sense: If publicly elected, ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
7
Suite Française; Clouds of Sils Maria; While We're Young; A Girl …
... of a master; its actresses are visibly thinking as they work, interpreting the script's questions as they pertain to character and self alike. «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Locals who fish left in dark on mercury levels
The advisories do not pertain to stocked fish - usually trout - because the animals are added as adults and don't live long enough in the ... «The Sun Chronicle, Jul 15»
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Judge Refuses to Recuse Self From Sheriff Arphaio's Case, Sends …
The ID's are allegedly tied the racial-profiling case while “the hard drives pertain to Arpaio's investigation of Judge Snow.” Sheriff Arpaio did not ... «Breitbart News, Jul 15»
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Arrow season 4: Oliver Queen learns jiu jitsu, deals with magic and …
This time around, almost all of the skills pertain to domestic life, which is fun." Arrow season 3 had a very intense and dark tone overall - which ... «International Business Times UK, Jul 15»

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