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Definition
relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question- Shannon tells an interesting story, but it's not relevant to the decision we have to make.
relevant = important (related in a meaningful way)
- It is easier to learn things that seem relevant to your life.
- The standing rules of the U.S. Senate require that amendments to appropriations legislation be relevant to the bill.
- She reads the magazine to learn relevant financial tips.
- Though disturbing, her attitude was not relevant to the issue at hand.
- She measured all the relevant atmospheric conditions.
- Relevant information should always be taken into account before making a decision.
- The scientist exchanges e-mail with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research.
- Her music is relevant to the new generation.
- It's an old rule of logic that the competence of a speaker has no relevance to the truth of what he says,Robert M. Pirsig -- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
- I sat in the front of his class entranced as he spoke about the Constitutional Congress and the Federalist Papers, and their relevance to our existence today.Wes Moore -- The Other Wes Moore
- But, as the Ministry has no authority to punish Hogwarts students for misdemeanors at school, Harry's behavior there is not relevant to this hearing.J.K. Rowling -- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
- Yes, but it doesn't matter; it's not relevant.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity
- Attempting to learn who owned the car, the rangers sent out a bulletin over the Teletype to relevant law-enforcement agencies and...Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- For selected documentation of the relevant regulations protecting human subjects in research, see...Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- We'll question the relevant staff one at a time.J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death
- That conversation isn't relevant to my decision.Stephenie Meyer -- Eclipse
- I think you'll find this relevant to our discussion.Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code
- But I simply fail to see the relevance of the subject to a person of my inclinations and ambitions.David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness
- Why is this relevant?Veronica Roth -- Insurgent
relevant = meaningful or important
relevant = relating in a meaningful way
relevant = useful
relevant = meaningful or important
relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question
relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question
relevant = relating in a meaningful way
relevant = meaningful
relevance = meaningful relation
relevance = importance (meaningful relation)
relevant = of interest (meaningfully related)
relevant = meaningful to the issue in question
relevant = related in a meaningful way to the issue in question
relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question
relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question
relevant = related in a meaningful way
relevant = related in a meaningful way
relevance = importance (meaningful relation to the issue in question)
relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question