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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)

relevant = meaningful or important

The standing rules of the U.S. Senate require that amendments to appropriations legislation be relevant to the bill.

relevant = relating in a meaningful way

relevant = useful

relevant = meaningful or important

relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question

Relevant information should always be taken into account before making a decision.

relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question

The scientist exchanges e-mail with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research.

relevant = relating in a meaningful way

relevant = meaningful

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

relevance = meaningful relation

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

relevance = importance (meaningful relation)

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

relevant = of interest (meaningfully related)

Yes, but it doesn't matter; it's not relevant.
Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Identity

relevant = meaningful to the issue in question

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

relevant = related in a meaningful way to the issue in question

For selected documentation of the relevant regulations protecting human subjects in research, see...
Rebecca Skloot -- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question

We'll question the relevant staff one at a time.
J.D. Robb -- Immortal in Death

relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question

relevant = related in a meaningful way

I think you'll find this relevant to our discussion.
Dan Brown -- The Da Vinci Code

relevant = related in a meaningful way

But I simply fail to see the relevance of the subject to a person of my inclinations and ambitions.
David Almond -- Kit's Wilderness

relevance = importance (meaningful relation to the issue in question)

relevant = relating in a meaningful way to the issue in question

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