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Relevant

Definitions: Relevant

Relevant

Adjective

1. 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: Relevant

Synonym: crucial (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: irrelevant (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Relevant

ContextSynonyms 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.

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Crosswords: Relevant

English words defined with "relevant": applybear on, bearingcementitious, come to, concerndiscoveryeducated, enlightenedgo forhit home, holdIrrelavantmaterial, Material evidence, material witnesspertainrefer, relatestrike a chord, strike a note, strike home, subpoena duces tecumtie in, touch, touch onuninitiate, uninitiated. (references)
Specialty definitions using "relevant": Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirementsrelevant 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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Modern Usage: Relevant

DomainUsage

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)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Relevant

DomainTitle

Books

  • Clinically Relevant Resistance in Cancer Chemotherapy (Cancer Treatment and Research, V. 112) (reference)

  • Get Real: Making Core Christian Beliefs Relevant to Teenagers (reference)

  • Perspectives: Relevant Scenes for Teens (reference)

  • Relevant Business Statistics Using Excel (reference)

  • Relevant Reading: Investigating the Latest Technology (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Historic Usage: Relevant

AuthorDateQuotation

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.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Relevant

SubjectTopicQuote

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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Speeches: Relevant

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Because 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

1977-1981The 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.

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Usage Frequency: Relevant

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%7,9421,216

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Relevant

Expressions using "relevant": legally relevant age groups relevant backtracking relevant documents relevant international organizations relevant to. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "relevant": non-relevant, policy-relevant.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Relevant

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

relevant

65

article diego relevant san

3

magazine relevant

34

appropriate child developmentally practice relevant topic young

3

relevant software

19

clean fast relevant result

3

relevant business system

18

aids case hiv question relevant study

3

business inc relevant system

16

range relevant

3

radio relevant

13

contribution keep practical relevant simple way

3

infimacs relevant software

11

group relevant services

3

relevant keyword

7

article relevant

2

cost relevant

6

evidence relevant

2

maatschappelijk relevant

5

product relevant

2

relevant words

5

message relevant

2

business development leading relevant software system

4

cognitive factor mathematics relevant

2

culturally relevant teaching

4

information relevant

2

relevant tool

4

relevant knowledge

2

existent host mx non point record relevant

4

learning relevant

2

relevant search result

4

church relevant

2

costing relevant

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Relevant

Language Translations for "relevant"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

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

   

Portuguese

  

relevante (applicable), pertinente (appurtenant, apropos, pertinent). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

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)

   

Russian 

  

уместный (apposite, apropos, felicitous, germane, in place, pertinent, pointful), относящийся к делу (germane). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

relevantan, bitan (momentous, substantial, vital). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

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)

   

Swedish

  

dithörande (belonging to it). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

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)

   

Turkmen 

  

dahylly (important). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

релевантний, доречний (apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, apt, felicitous, opportune, pertinent, well timed). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

thích hợp; xác đáng, thích đang. (various references)

   

Welsh

  

perthynasol (akin). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Relevant

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

adiuncta, adiuncti, adiuncto, conpetit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Relevant

Derivations

Words beginning with "relevant": relevantly. (additional references)

Words ending with "relevant": irrelevant, nonrelevant. (additional references)

Words containing "relevant": irrelevantly. (additional references)


Misspellings

"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).

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Rhyming with "Relevant"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "relevant" (pronounced re"luvunt)
8r e" l u v u n tirrelevant.
4-v u n tconvent, fervent, insolvent, observant, servant, solvent.
3-u n tabandonment, 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.

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Anagrams: Relevant

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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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Relevant


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 6C 65 76 61 6E 74

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    .-..    .    ...-    .-    -.    -

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01101100 01100101 01110110 01100001 01101110 01110100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#108 &#101 &#118 &#97 &#110 &#116

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

5271787188678086

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INDEX

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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