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Definitions: Relevant |
RelevantAdjective1. Having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research". 2. Having crucial relevance; "crucial to the case"; "relevant testimony". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "relevant" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references) |
Etymology: Relevant \Rel"e*vant\ (-vant), adjective. [French expression relevant, present participle of relever to raise again, to relieve. See Relieve.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: RelevantSynonym: crucial (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: irrelevant (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agreement | Apt, apposite, pertinent, pat; to the point, to the purpose; happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible. |
Reasoning, | Logical; relevant. |
Relation | In the same category; like; relevant; (apt); applicable, equiparant. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Relevant |
| English words defined with "relevant": apply ♦ bear on, bearing ♦ cementitious, come to, concern ♦ discovery ♦ educated, enlightened ♦ go for ♦ hit home, hold ♦ Irrelavant ♦ material, Material evidence, material witness ♦ pertain ♦ refer, relate ♦ strike a chord, strike a note, strike home, subpoena duces tecum ♦ tie in, touch, touch on ♦ uninitiate, uninitiated. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "relevant": Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements ♦ relevant backtracking, relevant international organizations. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Relevant" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Danish (relevant), Dutch (relevant), German (pertinent, relevant), Romanian (relevant), Swedish (germane (to), germane to, pertinent, relevant, to the point). |
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Screenplays | We hope you found it entertaining, whimsical, and yet relevant, with an underlined revisionist conceit that belie the film's emotional attachments to the subject matter. (Wayne's World; writing credit: Mike Myers, Bonnie Turner, Terry Turner) What is relevant is that I felt the touch of God. God got involved. (Pulp Fiction; writing credit: Quentin Tarantino; Roger Avary) Now normally, I remain calm, let nature take it's course, and in due time slip the relevant item back into her jewelry box. (Coupling; writing credit: Steven Moffat) | |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Treaty of Versailles | 1919 | For this purpose the parties to the dispute will communicate to the Secretary General, as promptly as possible, statements of their case with all the relevant facts and papers, and the Council may forthwith direct the publication thereof. (reference) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Experts prepared abstracts with relevant citations from the literature. (references) | |
Parents are left to wonder where the relevant information is, and how to obtain it. (references) | ||
These patients are left to wonder where the relevant information is, and how to obtain it. (references) | ||
Business | These IC cards may be used for payment of bills relevant to each industry. (references) | |
Companies doing business in these areas should consult the relevant regulations. (references) | ||
Price is particularly relevant in the case of purchases of standardized equipment and consumables. (references) | ||
Children | Mongolia | It provides for more speedy resolution of divorce cases where the relevant agencies have determined that domestic violence is involved. (references) |
Lithuania | The ombudsman controls the implementation of relevant laws, oversees local children's rights protection services, and investigates complaints. (references) | |
Mexico | The CNDH attempted to protect children by educating them on their rights and reviewing legislation to ensure compliance with relevant international conventions. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | South Africa | Critics allege that top officials are chosen for political reasons without regard for media expertise or relevant experience. (references) |
Cambodia | The judge did not consider relevant evidence offered by the defendants, and collected evidence of her own in violation of her mandate. (references) | |
Turkey | The High Board of Radio and Television (RTUK) monitors broadcasters and sanctions them if they are not in compliance with relevant laws. (references) | |
Economic History | Korea | Draft bills are often available on the web sites of relevant ministries. (references) |
Morocco | Minor disputes are generally resolved with the relevant government agency. (references) | |
Russia | These rates are often applied according to the relevant double taxation treaty. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uruguay | The Commission was charged with receiving and analyzing information relevant to the disappeared persons. (references) |
Bhutan | In other cases, the relevant organizations and departments of government file charges and conduct the prosecution. (references) | |
El Salvador | The PNC dismissed the individuals from the force and gave relevant information to the Attorney General's office for investigation. (references) | |
Minorities | Hungary | In March the Minister of Justice established an interministerial antidiscrimination committee that considered the antidiscrimination bill drafted by the Ombudsman; committee members include representatives of relevant ministries, the Government Office of Ethnic Minorities, and the Ombudsman. (references) |
Political Economy | JAMAICA | Jamaica is a party to the relevant ILO conventions. (references) |
SWITZERLAND | As a net international creditor, debt management policies are not relevant to Switzerland. (references) | |
Trade | Argentina | Please consult with the relevant authorities before doing business. (references) |
Israel | The $200,000 limitation is not relevant for the importation of equipment. (references) | |
Burma | Exports of such items are controlled by the relevant government ministries. (references) | |
Travel | New Zealand | Corporate officials ranging to the most senior level are usually reachable and available for relevant business consultations. (references) |
Argentina | The work permit can be obtained from the immigration authorities at Immigration Office, upon prior file of relevant documentation. (references) | |
Nepal | To obtain a six-month visa, applicants must provide biographic information and a description of relevant work and professional experience. (references) | |
Women | Argentina | The Council operates a Web site that provides information on the organization and on issues relevant to the organization's goals. (references) |
South Africa | At year's end, the parliamentary monitoring committee on women's affairs was completing consultations with NGO's and local and national government officials regarding defects in the domestic violence laws, preparing a report for the relevant ministries on how the legislation could be modified to ensure more effective implementation, and focusing on efforts to ensure that the budget oversight process included greater emphasis on the effects of government programs on women. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Czech Republic | There also are other relevant statutes that can be used to prosecute traffickers. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Thomas Jefferson | 1801-1809 | Because of copyright reasons we cannot publish all texts that are available on the internet in our own format, which would allow us to provide links to relevant background material for the letters. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | The work of our own Institute of Scientific and Technological Cooperation will further strengthen the search for relevant new agricultural technologies. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Relevant" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Relevant" is used about 7,942 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 7,942 | 1,216 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "relevant": legally relevant age groups ♦ relevant backtracking ♦ relevant documents ♦ relevant international organizations ♦ relevant to. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "relevant": non-relevant, policy-relevant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
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Albanian | i përshtatshëm (adapt, adequate, adjustable, appropriate, becoming, befitting, canny, comely, competent, congruous, convenient, decent, desirable, done, due, elastic, eligible, expedient, fit, fitting, germane, handy, likely, livable, liveable, opportune, Pat, proper, propitious, qualified, rated, seemly, suitable, suited, tenable, well-becoming, well-suited), i lidhur (articulate, associated, attached, bound, cohesive, communicating, conjoint, conjunct, connected, coupled, husky, joining, linked, related, stocky, strung, tied, tying). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | وثيق الصلة بالموضوع (pertinent), ذو صلة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | съответен (adequate, analogous, appropriate, congruent, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, corresponding, homologous, opposite, parallel, proper, reciprocal, respective, several), уместен (advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, felicitous, germane, good, happy, neat, opportune, pertinent, poignant, pointful, proper, timely, to the point, well timed, well-judged), свързан (affined, bound, conjunct, germane, incidental, linked, related, relative, sequacious), от практическо значение, приложим (adaptable, applicable, enforceable, practicable, viable, workable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 相應 (corresponding), 相关 (Correlative, related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | relevantní (material), závažný (grand, grave, grievous, important, major, momentous, of great moment, satisfactory, valid, weighty), významný (eminent, expressive, important, leading, meaningful, notable, significant), příslušný (applicable, appropriate, in question, respective), dùležitý (all important, big, grand, great, important, major, momentous, of great importance, solid, substantive), aktuální (actual, current, live, ongoing, recent, topical, up to date). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | relevant, vaesentlig. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | relevant, deugdelijk (solid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | مناسب (Able, Adaptable, Adequate, Apposite, Appropriate, Apt, Becoming, Convenient, Expedient, Fit, Material, Meet, Moderate, Opportune, Pertain, Proper, Suitable, Winsome), مطابق (After, Pursuant, Respondent, Similar, To, Within), مربوط (Affiliate, Apposite, Coherent, Coordinate, Dependent, Germane, Material, Pertinenet, Proper), وارد (Comer, Conscious, Hep), وابسته (Adjective, Affiliate, Akin, Attache, Attendant, Correlate, Dependent, Germane, Relative, Subordinate). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | asiaankuuluva (appropriate, due, pertinent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | pertinent. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | erheblich (considerable, important, material, pertinent, serious, severe, substantially, vastly), einschlägig (appropriate, pertinent), relevant (pertinent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | σχετικόσ (comparative, germane, pertinent, relational, relative, respective), σοβαρός (grievous, serious, serious about, severe, solemn), πρόσφορος (fitting, suitable), πρέπων (decent, due, just, proper). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לע ין (interest, to the point), שיך לע ין (respective), קשור (allied, band, binding, bound, connected, connection, joined, liaison, linkage, related, relation, tie, tied, tying), ע י י (actual, businesslike, forthright, matter of course, objective, pertinent, practical), רלו טי. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | tárgyhoz tartozó (topical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | bertalian (be connected with, related, tied to), bersangkut-paut, bersangkutan (be concerned with, involved with or in). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | rilevante (considerable, considerably, important, outstanding, sensible), relativo (comparative, pertinent, relational, relative, relatively), pertinenti, pertinente (pertinent, relative), attinente (appurtenant, associate, pertinent), adeguato (adequate, comfortable, commensurate, condign, due, just). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 関連事 (matters relevant to the subject, relatedmatters), 関係書類 (relevant documents, the documents related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | か"れ"じ"う (matters relevant to the subject, relatedmatters), か"けいしょるい (relevant documents, the documents related). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 타당한 (Pertinent). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | bentyn da (belong, pertain, relate, relation, touch, vis-\o'a-'-vis). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | elevantray relevante (applicable), pertinente (appurtenant, apropos, pertinent). (various references) relevant, privitor la (concerning, with regard to), oportun (advisable, apposite, apropos, convenient, fortunate, opportune, pertinent, purposeful, seasonable, timely, towardly), legat (bound, coherent, coherently, connected, inwrought, pertinent, related), justificativ (exculpatory, justificative, justificatory, vindicative), important (big, consequential, considerable, goodly, grave, great, high, high-class, important, interesting, momentous, outstanding, prime, serious, significant, significative, substantial, weighty), care se referã la. (various references) уместный (apposite, apropos, felicitous, germane, in place, pertinent, pointful), относящийся к делу (germane). (various references) relevantan, bitan (momentous, substantial, vital). (various references) relacionado (allied, germane, related), pertinente (applicable, apropos, pertinent), oportuno (acceptable, advisable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, due, expedient, felicitous, fitting, happy, opportune, Pat, pertinent, proper, seasonable, suitable, timely, well timed), conexo (allied, connected, related), apropiado (apposite, appropriate, apt, becoming, just, likely, proper, right, suitable), aplicable (adaptable, applicable), adecuado (acceptable, adequate, appropriate, commensurate, fit, fitting, Pat, pertinent, suitable, worthily), a propósito (ad hoc, appropriate, apropos, by design, by the by, by the way, fitting, incidentally, intended, on purpose, opportune, opportunely, purposely, suitable). (various references) dithörande (belonging to it). (various references) uygun (acceptable, accommodating, adaptable, adequate, advisable, agreeable, allowable, answerable, applicable, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, becoming, befitting, calculated, comely, commensurate, comparative, compatible, concordant, conformable, congenial, congruent, congruous, consistent, convenient, cool, correct, decent, done, due, eligible, enjoyable, equal, expedient, fair, fair enough, favorable, favourable, felicitous, fine, fit, fitted, fitting, for, in place, keen, likely, lovely, made to order, matching, meet, nice, opportune, permitting, pertinent, pleasant, proper, propitious, proportional, prosperous, pursuant, ripe, seasonable, seemly, Square, suitable, suited, tailormade, up to, well, well-matched), konu ile ilgili (germane, thematic), amaca uygun, alâkalı. (various references) dahylly (important). (various references) релевантний, доречний (apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, apt, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, well timed). (various references) thích hợp; xác đáng, thích đang. (various references) perthynasol (akin). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | adiuncta, adiuncti, adiuncto, conpetit. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "relevant": relevantly. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "relevant": irrelevant, nonrelevant. (additional references) | |
Words containing "relevant": irrelevantly. (additional references) | |
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"Relevant" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Regevanu, relavant, releavant, relevent, relivant, rellevent, rellivant, reluvtant, revelant, roelant. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "relevant" (pronounced re"luvunt) |
| 8 | r e" l u v u n t | irrelevant. |
| 4 | -v u n t | convent, fervent, insolvent, observant, servant, solvent. |
| 3 | -u n t | abandonment, abatement, aberrant, abhorrent, abortifacient, absent, absorbent, abstinent, abundant, accelerant, accident, accompaniment, accomplishment, accountant, accouterment, achievement, acknowledgement, acknowledgment, adamant, adherent, adjacent, adjournment, adjustment, adjutant, adolescent, adornment, advancement, advertisement, advisement, afferent, affiant, affluent, agent, aggrandizement, agreement, ailment, alignment, allotment, amazement, ambient, ambivalent, amendment, amusement, ancient, announcement, annulment, antecedent, antidepressant, antigovernment, antioxidant, apartment, apparent, appeasement, applicant, appointment, apportionment, ardent, argent, argument, armament, arraignment, arrangement, arrant, arrogant, ascendant, aspirant, assailant, assessment, assignment, assistant, assortment, astonishment, astringent, atonement, attachment, attainment, attendant, banishment, basement, battlement, belligerent, bemusement, beneficent, benevolent, bereavement, betterment, bewilderment, blandishment, blatant, bombardment, brilliant, buoyant, celebrant, claimant, clairvoyant, Clement, client, coefficient, cogent, cognizant, coherent, coincident, combatant, commandment, commencement, commitment, compartment, competent, complacent, complainant, complaisant, complement, compliant, component, comportment, concealment, concomitant, concurrent, condiment, confident, confinement, confluent, consequent, consignment, consistent, consonant, constant, constituent, consultant, containment, contaminant, contentment, contestant, continent, contingent, convalescent, convenient, convergent, conversant, coolant, copayment, corespondent, cormorant, correspondent, Courant, covenant, Crescent, crosscurrent, current, curtailment, debarment, debasement, decadent, decedent, decent, declarant, decongestant, defendant, deferment, defiant, deficient, defoliant, delinquent, deodorant, department, dependent, deployment, deportment, depressant, derailment, descendant, descendent, despondent, detachment, detergent, determent, determinant, deterrent, detriment, development, deviant, different, diligent, diminishment, disagreement, disappointment, disarmament, disbarment, disbursement, discernment, discordant, discouragement, disenchantment, disenfranchisement, disengagement, disestablishment, disgruntlement, disillusionment, disinfectant, disinvestment, dismantlement, dismemberment, disobedient, dispersant, displacement, dissident, dissonant, distant, divalent, divergent, divestment, docent, dominant, dormant, easement, ebullient, efferent, effervescent, efficient, effluent, elegant, element, elephant, eloquent, embankment, embarrassment, embayment, embellishment, embezzlement, embodiment, emergent, emigrant, eminent, emplacement, employment, empowerment, enactment, encampment, enchantment, encirclement, encouragement, encroachment, endangerment, endearment, endorsement, endowment, enforcement, engagement, enhancement, enjoyment, enlargement, enlightenment, enlistment, enrichment, enrollment, enslavement, entanglement, entertainment, enticement, entitlement, entombment, entrant, entrapment, entrenchment, environment, equipment, equivalent, errant, escapement, escarpment, esculent, establishment, estrangement, evanescent, evident, excellent, excitement, excrement, exigent, existent, exorbitant, expectant, expectorant, expedient, experiment, exponent, extant, extinguishment, extravagant, exuberant, exultant, Fabricant, figment, filament, flagrant, flamboyant, flatulent, flippant, fluent, fluorescent, formant, fragment, fragrant, fraudulent, frequent, fulfillment, gallant, garment, garnishment, giant, government, grandiloquent, grandparent, harassment, hesitant, hydrant, ignorant, immanent, immigrant, imminent, impairment, impatient, impeachment, impediment, impertinent, implement, important, impotent, impoundment, impoverishment, impressment, imprisonment, improvement, imprudent, inadvertent, incandescent, incessant, incident, incipient, incitement, inclement, incoherent, incompetent, inconsistent, incontinent, inconvenient, increment, incumbent, indecent, independent, indictment, indifferent, indigent, indignant, indolent, inducement, indulgent, inefficient, infant, informant, infotainment, infrequent, infringement, ingredient, inhabitant, inhalant, inherent, innocent, inpatient, insignificant, insistent, insolent, installment, instant, instrument, insufficient, insurgent, integument, intelligent, intercurrent, interdependent, intermittent, internment, intersegment, intolerant, intransigent, invariant, investment, involvement, iridescent, irreverent, irritant, itinerant, jubilant, judgement, judgment, latent, leant, lenient, lieutenant, ligament, litigant, lubricant, lucent, luminescent, luxuriant, magnificent, malevolent, malignant, maltreatment, management, measurement, merchant, micromanagement, migrant, militant, miscreant, misgovernment, misjudgment, mismanagement, misstatement, mistreatment, moment, monovalent, monument, mordant, movement, mutant, nascent, negligent, noncombatant, nonexistent, nongovernment, nonmanagement, nonpayment, nonresident, nonviolent, nourishment, nutrient, obedient, obsolescent, occupant, odorant, ointment, omnipotent, omnipresent, omniscient, operant, opponent, opulent, ornament, orpiment, outpatient, outplacement, overconfident, overpayment, overstatement, oxidant, pageant, parchment, parent, parliament, participant, patent, patient, pavement, payment, peasant, penchant, pendant, penitent, pennant, percipient, permanent, persistent, pertinent, petulant, pheasant, pigment, piquant, placement, pleasant, pliant, poignant, pollutant, postponement, postretirement, potent, preadolescent, precedent, predicament, predominant, preeminent, pregnant, prejudgment, prepayment, prescient, present, presentment, prevalent, procurement, proficient, prominent, pronouncement, propellant, proponent, protestant, provident, prudent, prurient, pungent, punishment, pursuant, puzzlement, quadrant, quiescent, quotient, radiant, rampant, readjustment, reagent, realignment, reappointment, reapportionment, rearmament, rearrangement, reassessment, reassignment, recalcitrant, recent, recipient, recombinant, recruitment, recurrent, redeployment, redevelopment, redundant, reemployment, reenactment, refinement, refreshment, refrigerant, refurbishment, Regent, regiment, registrant, reimbursement, reinforcement, reinstatement, reinvestment, reliant, reluctant, reminiscent, remnant, repayment, repellent, repentant, replacement, replenishment, repugnant, requirement, resentment, resettlement, resident, resilient, resistant, resonant, resplendent, respondent, restatement, resultant, resurgent, retardant, reticent, retirement, retrenchment, reverent, rodent, rudiment, ruminant, sacrament, salient, seafront, sealant, sediment, segment, semipermanent, sentiment, Sequent, sergeant, serpent, settlement, shipment, significant, silent, somnolent, stagnant, statement, stimulant, strident, stringent, student, subcontinent, subsequent, subservient, succulent, sufficient, supergiant, superintendent, supplement, supplicant, suppressant, surfactant, talent, tangent, temperament, tenant, tenement, testament, tetravalent, tolerant, torrent, tournament, transcendent, transient, translucent, transparent, treatment, trenchant, trident, triumphant, truant, truculent, tumescent, turbulent, tyrant, undercurrent, underdevelopment, underemployment, undergarment, underpayment, understatement, unemployment, unimportant, unpleasant, unrepentant, urgent, vacant, vagrant, valiant, variant, vehement, verdant, vibrant, vigilant, violent, virulent, warrant, wonderment. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: levanter. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-t-v" | |
-1 letter: enteral, eternal, nervate, teleran, ventral, veteran. | |
-2 letters: antler, elater, entera, lateen, laveer, leaner, learnt, leaven, leaver, levant, neater, relate, relent, rental, reveal, tavern, travel, varlet, vealer, velate, venter, vernal. | |
-3 letters: alert, alter, anele, antre, arete, artel, avert, eaten, eater, elate, elver, enate, enter, event, evert, laree, laten, later, laver, leant, learn, leave, lever. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-l-n-r-t-v" | |
+1 letter: intervale, levanters, prevalent, ravelment, tervalent. | |
+2 letters: cantilever, interleave, intervales, irrelevant, overmantel, prevalents, ravelments, relevantly, revealment, revelation, untraveled. | |
+3 letters: advertently, alternative, cantilevers, enteroviral, everlasting, interleaved, interleaves, intervalley, nonrelative, nonrelevant, overinflate, overmantels, overplanted, prevalently, preventable, revealments, revelations, reverential, servantless, tetravalent. | |
+4 letters: alternatives, cantilevered, everlastings, galvanometer, governmental, interleaving, intervalleys, intervillage, inveterately, irrelevantly, nonrelatives, overinflated, overinflates, reevaluating, reevaluation, transversely, venerability, ventromedial, verticalness, vespertilian. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 6C 65 76 61 6E 74 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).-. . .-.. . ...- .- -. - |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110110 01100001 01101110 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e l e v a n t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 006C 0065 0076 0061 006E 0074 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Historic 7. Quotations: Non-fiction 8. Quotations: Speeches | 9. Usage Frequency 10. Expressions 11. Expressions: Internet 12. Translations: Modern | 13. Translations: Ancient 14. Derivations 15. Rhymes 16. Anagrams | 17. Orthography 18. Bibliography |
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