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PRONUNCIATION OF PERTINENCY

pertinency  [ˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PERTINENCY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pertinency is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PERTINENCY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

pertinency

Relevance

The concept of relevance is studied in many different fields, including cognitive sciences, logic, and library and information science. Most fundamentally, however, it is studied in epistemology. Different theories of knowledge have different implications for what is considered relevant and these fundamental views have implications for all other fields as well.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PERTINENCY


abstinency
ˈæbstɪnənsɪ
consonancy
ˈkɒnsənənsɪ
continency
ˈkɒntɪnənsɪ
dominancy
ˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
eminency
ˈɛmɪnənsɪ
impertinency
ɪmˈpɜːtɪnənsɪ
incontinency
ɪnˈkɒntɪnənsɪ
lieutenancy
lɛfˈtɛnənsɪ
malignancy
məˈlɪɡnənsɪ
oppugnancy
əˈpʌɡnənsɪ
permanency
ˈpɜːmənənsɪ
pernancy
ˈpɜːnənsɪ
predominancy
prɪˈdɒmɪnənsɪ
pregnancy
ˈprɛɡnənsɪ
prominency
ˈprɒmɪnənsɪ
repugnancy
rɪˈpʌɡnənsɪ
stagnancy
ˈstæɡnənsɪ
subordinancy
sʌbˈɔːdɪnənsɪ
tenancy
ˈtɛnənsɪ
undertenancy
ˈʌndəˌtɛnənsɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PERTINENCY

perthite
perthitic
Perthshire
pertinacious
pertinaciously
pertinaciousness
pertinacity
pertinence
pertinent
pertinently
pertly
pertness
perturb
perturbable
perturbably
perturbance
perturbant
perturbate

WORDS THAT END LIKE PERTINENCY

agency
componency
consistency
currency
deficiency
dependency
efficiency
emergency
estate agency
frequency
immanency
impermanency
news agency
opponency
potency
proficiency
regency
residency
tendency
transparency

Synonyms and antonyms of pertinency in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pertinency» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PERTINENCY

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

Translator English - Chinese

针对性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pertinencia
570 millions of speakers

English

pertinency
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

योग्यता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pertinency
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

pertinency
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pertinency
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপযুক্ততা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pertinence
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pertimbangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pertinency
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

適切性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

적절성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pertinency
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pertinency
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pertinency
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

परिमाण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pertinency
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pertinenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pertinency
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

pertinency
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pertinency
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pertinency
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

toepasselijkheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pertinency
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pertinency
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pertinency

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PERTINENCY»

The term «pertinency» is normally little used and occupies the 136.136 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PERTINENCY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pertinency» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pertinency» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PERTINENCY»

Discover the use of pertinency in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pertinency and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Congress¿s Contempt Power: Law, History, Practice, and Procedure
318 In determining general questions of the pertinency of inquiries, the courts have required only that the specific inquiries be reasonably related to the subject matter under investigation.319 Given the breadth of congressional investigations,  ...
Morton Rosenberg, 2011
2
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis ...
Thus, pertinency and the witness' knowledge of the pertinency of the questions asked him was shown. Similarly, in Wilkinson v. United States, 239 the Court held that when the witness was apprised at the hearing that the Committee was ...
United States, Johnny H. Killian, George Costello, 2004
3
The Constitution of the United States of America
Thus, pertinency and the witness' knowledge of the pertinency of the questions asked him was shown. Similarly, in Wilkinson 0. United States,239 the Court held that, when the witness was apprised at the hearing that the Committee was ...
U.s. Constitution
4
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
The Pertinency Challenge Pertinency derives from a limitation in the contempt statute itself that the question must be pertinent to the matter under inquiry. It must be sufficiently clear to the witness and to the court what the topic of inquiry is, ...
5
ABA Journal
It was pointed out that although the primary reason for protecting the witness in that case was a lack of showing of pertinency in connection with the committee's inquiry, many significant problems remained unsolved. One of these was whether  ...
6
ABA Journal
Briefly, it was decided that the rule authorizing the subcommittee considered in the light of its legislative history was not unconstitutionally vague, that the pertinency of the questions was sufficiently understood by the witness and that the ...
7
Freedom of Association: Rights and Liberties Under the Law
This is a jurisdictional concept of pertinency drawn from the nature of a congressional committee's source of authority. It is not wholly different from nor unrelated to the element of pertinency embodied in the criminal statute under which ...
Robert J. Bresler, 2004
8
ABA Journal
The judicial review of the pertinency of the questions brings to particular instances of performance, the idea that the use of the power is limited to the necessities which bring it into existence. Pertinency is also one of the requirements in the ...
9
United States Reports, Volume 515: Cases Adjudged in the ...
That case is not controlling in the strictest sense, since it involved the assertion of a Sixth Amendment right to have the jury determine, not "materiality" under § 1001, but rather "pertinency" under that provision of Title 2 making it criminal ...
Frank D. Wagner, 1998
10
ECOOP '96 - Object-Oriented Programming: 10th European ...
They consist in the following points: Clustering specifications pertinency Considering pertinent clustering specifications is the primary point of an effective strategy. First, we opt for clustering objects upon observations, rather than upon user ...
Pierre Cointe, 1996

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PERTINENCY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pertinency is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Civil War and Tipton County
His appeal to the men and officers not to forsake their time-honored colors, was enforced with a felieitous pertinency, commendable alike, ... «Covington Leader, Jun 15»
2
Buhari's proposed corruption amnesty: The legal angles – By Aloy …
... regardless of their evident pertinency. The court also ruled that the amnesty, if at all tenable in some phantom law, was of federal reach only ... «African Herald Express, Mar 15»
3
Review: 'American Crime' is the Most Complex & Ambitious …
As a matter of socio-political relevance, it's impossible to argue against the new show's pertinency. Its timing couldn't be better, nor could its ... «Indie Wire, Mar 15»
4
The Medicine of the Future
The advice of Hosea Biglow: “Don't never prophesy unless you know,” will always have more or less pertinency. Nevertheless, so long as ... «JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, Dec 14»
5
Behind the Civil Rights Act: How it was made and what it means today
The Commission shall determine the pertinency of testimony and evidence adduced at its hearings. “(i) Every person who submits data or ... «NPR, Jul 14»
6
Citi executives and Miami students turn mentoring on its head
... business school at the University of Miami and a marketing specialist, says the reverse mentoring scheme was about skills and pertinency. «Financial Times, May 14»
7
A look back at Kimberly Elementary's history
While Washington is a sound name for a school, it somehow seems to lack any particular pertinency at this time in American history. If Dwight ... «Redlands Daily Facts, Apr 14»
8
THE SEDUCTION AND SEDATION OF THE CHURCH
The ingredients of the gospel are of permanent pertinency to the ultimate wellbeing of man. We are enslaved and oppressed by evil. We bear ... «Virtue Online, Jul 13»
9
China to maintain prudent monetary policy
... quarter of 2013, urged a maintenance of prices at stable levels through enhancing the foresight, pertinency and flexibility of monetary policy, ... «China.org.cn, May 13»
10
Innovation Demands Relevance
... some additional guidance includes applicability, bearing, congruity, germaneness, importance, materiality, pertinency, purpose. Relevance is ... «Innovation Excellence, Oct 12»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pertinency [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pertinency>. Apr 2024 ».
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