Definition
relevant: appropriate, pertinent, significant, important
Please only ask questions which are relevant to today's meeting. We only have time for appropriate questions.
irrelevant: inappropriate, insignificant, unrelated
That's irrelevant to our discussion: we're talking about shampoo not oil.
relevance: pertinence, appropriateness, significance
That's of no relevance. It's just not related to the topic.
- "Bob Carter : I don't see how this is relevant, but I was born in Wichita, Kansas on the 13th of November."
- "Fiona : That's correct but irrelevant."
- "Please find attached a map and other relevant details."
- "The styles of the 80s may be a thing of the past, but the concept behind power dressing is as relevant as ever."
- "You know, horror is the only genre left that can lay claim to any pretense of artistic relevance in this day and age."
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