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The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
H. Rap Brown

Meaning of "relevant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD RELEVANT

From Medieval Latin relevans, from Latin relevāre to lighten, from re- + levāre to raise, relieve.
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PRONUNCIATION OF RELEVANT

relevant  [ˈrɛlɪvənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF RELEVANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Relevant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES RELEVANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Relevant

Relevant is something directly related, connected, or pertinent to a topic; it may also mean something that is current. Relevant may also refer to: ▪ Relevant operator, a concept in physics, see renormalization group ▪ Relevant, Ain, a commune of the Ain département in France ▪ Relevant Magazine, an Oldenburg horse famous in the sport of dressage...

Definition of relevant in the English dictionary

The definition of relevant in the dictionary is having direct bearing on the matter in hand; pertinent.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH RELEVANT


absolvent
æbˈzɒlvənt
adjuvant
ˈædʒəvənt
connivent
kəˈnaɪvənt
convent
ˈkɒnvənt
dissolvent
dɪˈzɒlvənt
fervent
ˈfɜːvənt
Havant
ˈhævənt
haven´t
ˈhævənt
insolvent
ɪnˈsɒlvənt
irrelevant
ɪˈrɛləvənt
maidservant
ˈmeɪdˌsɜːvənt
manservant
ˈmænˌsɜːvənt
observant
əbˈzɜːvənt
pursuivant
ˈpɜːsɪvənt
resolvent
rɪˈzɒlvənt
savant
ˈsævənt
savante
ˈsævənt
servant
ˈsɜːvənt
solvent
ˈsɒlvənt
unobservant
ˌʌnəbˈzɜːvənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE RELEVANT

releasee
releasement
releaser
releasor
relegable
relegatable
relegate
relegation
relend
relent
relentless
relentlessly
relentlessness
relentment
Relenza
reletter
relevance
relevancy
relevantly
releve

WORDS THAT END LIKE RELEVANT

bon vivant
bondservant
ci-devant
civil servant
conservant
domestic servant
galavant
galivant
gallivant
general servant
grievant
idiot savant
inobservant
levant
nonobservant
paravant
public servant
tableau vivant
the Levant

Synonyms and antonyms of relevant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «RELEVANT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «relevant» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of relevant

Translation of «relevant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF RELEVANT

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

Translator English - Chinese

有关的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pertinente
570 millions of speakers

English

relevant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रासंगिक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وَثِيقُ الصِّلَة بِ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

уместный
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

relevante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাসঙ্গিক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pertinent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berkaitan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

relevant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

関連する
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

관계가 있는
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sing cocog
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

có liên quan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொடர்புடைய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

संबंधित
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

uygun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pertinente
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

odnośny
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

доречний
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

relevant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

συναφής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

relevante
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

relevant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

relevant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of relevant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «RELEVANT»

The term «relevant» is very widely used and occupies the 2.798 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «RELEVANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «relevant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «relevant» 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 relevant

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10 QUOTES WITH «RELEVANT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word relevant.
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Jack Abramoff
I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.
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Richard Attias
Not only do African students deserve excellent universities, they deserve good elementary and secondary schools, too - and then, to have access to ongoing vocational and job training to ensure their skills remain as relevant as possible to African organizations.
3
Lionel Barber
By using our international network, utilising templates and thinking ahead with pre-planned pages that contain carefully selected relevant news, we can deliver stories that other people just don't have. And that will release resources for the web.
4
Michael Behe
In order to say that some function is understood, every relevant step in the process must be elucidated.
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Sarah Brightman
I was born in 1960, and space theory, especially in the last part of that time and going into the '70s, space was very relevant at that time. It was on television - all the experiments, the moon landings, everything like that.
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Heather Brooke
As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant.
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Gwendolyn Brooks
What I'm fighting for now in my work... for an expression relevant to all manner of blacks, poems I could take into a tavern, into the street, into the halls of a housing project.
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H. Rap Brown
The only politics in this country that's relevant to black people today is the politics of revolution... none other.
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Edward Burns
But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist.
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Vint Cerf
Google Apps for Education is a suite of applications intended to be helpful to higher level educational institutions, but in the long run, I think Google has a role to play in helping to assemble relevant content for classroom use.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «RELEVANT»

Discover the use of relevant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to relevant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Relevant Surgical Exposures
This important new book in the Master Techniques in Orthopaedic Surgery series demonstrates approximately 100 of the most successful, widely used surgical procedures.
Bernard F. Morrey, Matthew C. Morrey, 2008
2
Remaining Relevant After Communism: The Role of the Writer ...
Remaining Relevant after Communism considers these strategies—from pulp fiction to public service—documenting what has happened on the East European scene since 1989.
Andrew Wachtel, 2006
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Research and Relevant Knowledge: American Research ...
Although the vicissitudes of federal-university relations are one crucial element of this history, the focus is on the universities themselves, their internal aspirations to conduct research, and their adaptations to external constraints ...
Roger L. Geiger, 1993
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God Is Relevant: Finding Strength and Peace in Today's World
" In this book, Luis Palau shows how God is not an outdated idea but a powerful, personal force that can transform our troubled times and guide us into the coming millennium. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Luis Palau, 2010
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Making Chemistry Relevant: Strategies for Including All ...
Rejecting rote memorization, the book proposes a cognitive constructivist philosophy that casts the teacher as a facilitator helping students to construct solutions to problems.
Sharmistha Basu-Dutt, 2010
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Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling
Culturally Relevant Ethical Decision-Making in Counseling presents a hermeneutic orientation and framework to address contextual issues in ethical decision-making in counseling and psychotherapy.
Rick Houser, Felicia L. Wilczenski, MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, 2006
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The Old Testament Documents: Are They Reliable & Relevant?
: Are They Reliable and Relevant? In this thought-provoking book Walter C. Kaiser Jr. makes the case that the Old Testament documents are both historically reliable and personally relevant. Also includes a helpful glossary of terms.
Walter C. Kaiser, 2001
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Socially Relevant Policy Analysis: Structuralist Computable ...
This collection of work reviews the results of using CGE models since the early1970s, with an emphasis on models that encompass broad structural factors such as distribution ofincome and wealth, land tenancy relationships, foreign trade, ...
Lance Taylor, 1990
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The Business Model Innovation Factory: How to Stay Relevant ...
Saul Kaplan knows how to take innovation from napkin sketch to market share, and in this book, he teaches you exactly how to create your own 'innovation factory' from scratch.
Saul Kaplan, 2012
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The Kawa Model: Culturally Relevant Occupational Therapy
" "The Kawa Model will challenge occupational therapy students, practitioners, educators and researchers to comprehend their theory in a critical light and consider how to advance their practice and profession toward a more inclusive and ...
Michael K. Iwama, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «RELEVANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term relevant is used in the context of the following news items.
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CU Wallet, Relevant Solutions Partner to Integrate Location-Based …
By partnering with Relevant Solutions, our credit union branded wallet now offers all of these savings and shopping tools in one convenient location. Members ... «Business Wire, Jul 15»
2
How To Stay Relevant In The Rapidly Changing World of Work
As the world of work continues to evolve, staying relevant becomes much harder. By the time we graduate from college, many of the skills we have learned ... «Forbes, May 15»
3
Are all-women's colleges still "relevant?" Saint Mary's College reacts
The school says it wants to stay "relevant" in a time when when fewer than 2 percent of college-age women will consider a single-gender school. In March ... «WSBT-TV, May 15»
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Relevant Health Accelerator Now Recruiting Inaugural Class of …
ROCKVILLE, Md., May 20, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Relevant Health, a newly launched innovative health technology startup accelerator focused on ... «PR Newswire, May 15»
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Almonty Industries Inc. Announcement under Irish Takeover Rules …
Any person who is interested in 1 per cent. or more of any class of relevant securities (as defined in the Irish Takeover Rules) in Almonty or Ormonde Mining plc ... «Business Wire, Apr 15»
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Wednesday TEMS: Guest hosting for Relevant Radio
Today I get to step outside the box a bit again, and guest-host for Drew Mariani at Relevant Radio! The Catholic talk-radio network has 34 stations, both O&O ... «Hot Air, Mar 15»
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Tuesday TEMS: Guest hosting on Relevant Radio
Today I get to step outside the box a bit again, and guest-host for Drew Mariani at Relevant Radio! The Catholic talk-radio network has 34 stations, both O&O ... «Hot Air, Mar 15»
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Question Time: Is the Catholic church still relevant in Ireland?
Is the Catholic Church still relevant in Ireland? While Mass attendance has fallen, the number of people who consider themselves Catholics in Ireland is still very ... «Irish Times, Mar 15»
9
A Man Is Listening to 168 Hours of Nickelback for Charity
On Monday, Carey, from Relevant magazine's podcast, began a self-imposed “ultimate test of endurance” when he started listening to the entire Nickelback ... «TIME, Feb 15»
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Mobiquity Technologies and Relevant Solutions Reach Agreement …
GARDEN CITY, N.Y., Feb. 4, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Mobiquity Technologies, Inc. (OTCQB:MOBQ) ("Mobiquity" or "the Company"), which operates a ... «GlobeNewswire, Feb 15»

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