Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Clearly related to a matter at hand. synonym: relevant.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; to the purpose; adapted to the end proposed; appropriate; apposite; not foreign to the question; being to the point.
- Pertaining or relating; that regards or has reference: with to or unto.
- Synonyms Relevant, fit, proper, applicable, appertaining.
- noun In Scots law, an appurtenant: used, chiefly in the pllural, in charters and dispositions in conjunction with parts: as, lands are disponed with parts and pertinents.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant
- adjective rare Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
important with regards to (a subject or matter);relevant
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- adjective having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Halsam's campaign manager has said the candidate will also release what he called pertinent information about his finances, but has not said when.
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Halsam's campaign manager has said the candidate will also release what he called pertinent information about his finances, but has not said when.
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In the wake of protests from delinquent taxpayers about the depressing music that telephone callers to the Internal Revenue Service must endure when they are automatically placed on hold for forty-five minutes, the IRS has issued a statement, which reads, in pertinent part: There will be no changes made to our current telephone system configuration.
John Baxter: IRS Refuses to Play More Upbeat Music for Callers on Hold John Baxter 2010
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That controversy, like this one, turns on Article I, Section 5, which provides in pertinent part:
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An abbreviated version of entries made between 1977 and 1981, most of them never before revealed to the public, the book concentrates on themes that remain pertinent: Middle East peace, U.S.
Glenn C. Altschuler: Jimmy Carter's Last Campaign Glenn C. Altschuler 2010
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In the wake of protests from delinquent taxpayers about the depressing music that telephone callers to the Internal Revenue Service must endure when they are automatically placed on hold for forty-five minutes, the IRS has issued a statement, which reads, in pertinent part: There will be no changes made to our current telephone system configuration.
John Baxter: IRS Refuses to Play More Upbeat Music for Callers on Hold John Baxter 2010
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The first comment, for example, says in pertinent part:
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More realistic and pertinent is the realisation that what we do right now is determining the way our children and their offspring will live.
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Together with the genetic counselor, analyze the pedigree to obtain pertinent past medical records from appropriate “affected” members
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In the wake of protests from delinquent taxpayers about the depressing music that telephone callers to the Internal Revenue Service must endure when they are automatically placed on hold for forty-five minutes, the IRS has issued a statement, which reads, in pertinent part: There will be no changes made to our current telephone system configuration.
John Baxter: IRS Refuses to Play More Upbeat Music for Callers on Hold John Baxter 2010
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