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单词 relevant
释义

relevant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɹɛləvənt/
  • Audio (UK)(file)

Adjective

relevant (comparative more relevant, superlative most relevant)

  1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.
    1. (Usually and especially) Directly related, connected, or pertinent, with important ramifications or implications.
      His mother provided some relevant background information concerning his medical condition.
  2. Not out of date; current.
    • 1973 December 20, “Hansen says Christmas time for thanks, hope”, in The Aberdeen Times‎:
      The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.
    • 2008, Scott Cooper, Fritz Grutzner, Birk Cooper, Tips and Traps for Marketing Your Business‎, McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 39:
      Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.

Synonyms

  • (directly related to a topic): applicable, germane, in point (legal), pertinent, salient; See also Thesaurus:pertinent
  • (not out of date): current, prevailing, prevalent, rife, up-to-date

Antonyms

  • irrelevant (in binary cognitive schema, as compared with schematic spectrums allowing for notions of "directly relevant", "not directly relevant", "less relevant" and "especially relevant".)

Derived terms

Derived terms
  • safety-relevant
Related terms
  • relevance
  • relevancy
  • relief
  • relieve
  • reliever

Translations

Further reading

  • relevant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • relevant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

  • levanter

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin relevans, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

Pronunciation

  • audio(file)

Adjective

relevant (comparative relevanter, superlative relevantst)

  1. relevant

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: relevan

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.l(ə).vɑ̃/

Participle

relevant

  1. present participle of relever

Further reading

  • “relevant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ant

Adjective

relevant (strong nominative masculine singular relevanter, comparative relevanter, superlative am relevantesten)

  1. relevant
    Synonyms: bedeutend, maßgeblich
    Antonyms: irrelevant, unbedeutend, unmaßgeblich

Declension

Positive forms of relevant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist relevantsie ist relevantes ist relevantsie sind relevant
strong declension
(without article)		nominativerelevanterrelevanterelevantesrelevante
genitiverelevantenrelevanterrelevantenrelevanter
dativerelevantemrelevanterrelevantemrelevanten
accusativerelevantenrelevanterelevantesrelevante
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder relevantedie relevantedas relevantedie relevanten
genitivedes relevantender relevantendes relevantender relevanten
dativedem relevantender relevantendem relevantenden relevanten
accusativeden relevantendie relevantedas relevantedie relevanten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein relevantereine relevanteein relevantes(keine) relevanten
genitiveeines relevanteneiner relevanteneines relevanten(keiner) relevanten
dativeeinem relevanteneiner relevanteneinem relevanten(keinen) relevanten
accusativeeinen relevanteneine relevanteein relevantes(keine) relevanten
Comparative forms of relevant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist relevantersie ist relevanteres ist relevantersie sind relevanter
strong declension
(without article)		nominativerelevantererrelevantererelevanteresrelevantere
genitiverelevanterenrelevantererrelevanterenrelevanterer
dativerelevanteremrelevantererrelevanteremrelevanteren
accusativerelevanterenrelevantererelevanteresrelevantere
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder relevanteredie relevanteredas relevanteredie relevanteren
genitivedes relevanterender relevanterendes relevanterender relevanteren
dativedem relevanterender relevanterendem relevanterenden relevanteren
accusativeden relevanterendie relevanteredas relevanteredie relevanteren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein relevanterereine relevantereein relevanteres(keine) relevanteren
genitiveeines relevantereneiner relevantereneines relevanteren(keiner) relevanteren
dativeeinem relevantereneiner relevantereneinem relevanteren(keinen) relevanteren
accusativeeinen relevantereneine relevantereein relevanteres(keine) relevanteren
Superlative forms of relevant
number & gendersingularplural
masculinefeminineneuterall genders
predicativeer ist am relevantestensie ist am relevantestenes ist am relevantestensie sind am relevantesten
strong declension
(without article)		nominativerelevantesterrelevantesterelevantestesrelevanteste
genitiverelevantestenrelevantesterrelevantestenrelevantester
dativerelevantestemrelevantesterrelevantestemrelevantesten
accusativerelevantestenrelevantesterelevantestesrelevanteste
weak declension
(with definite article)		nominativeder relevantestedie relevantestedas relevantestedie relevantesten
genitivedes relevantestender relevantestendes relevantestender relevantesten
dativedem relevantestender relevantestendem relevantestenden relevantesten
accusativeden relevantestendie relevantestedas relevantestedie relevantesten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		nominativeein relevantestereine relevantesteein relevantestes(keine) relevantesten
genitiveeines relevantesteneiner relevantesteneines relevantesten(keiner) relevantesten
dativeeinem relevantesteneiner relevantesteneinem relevantesten(keinen) relevantesten
accusativeeinen relevantesteneine relevantesteein relevantestes(keine) relevantesten

Derived terms

  • systemrelevant

Further reading

  • “relevant” in Duden online
  • “relevant” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin

Verb

relevant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of relevō

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

Antonyms

  • irrelevant
  • relevans

References

  • “relevant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

relevant (neuter singular relevant, definite singular and plural relevante)

  1. relevant

Antonyms

  • irrelevant
  • relevans

References

  • “relevant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romanian

Etymology

From French relevant.

Adjective

relevant m or n (feminine singular relevantă, masculine plural relevanți, feminine and neuter plural relevante)

  1. relevant

Declension
Declension of relevant
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative/
accusative 		indefinite relevant relevantă relevanți relevante
definite relevantul relevanta relevanții relevantele
genitive/
dative 		indefinite relevant relevante relevanți relevante
definite relevantului relevantei relevanților relevantelor

Swedish

Adjective

relevant (comparative mer relevant, superlative mest relevant)

  1. relevant

Declension

Inflection of relevant
IndefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative2
Common singularrelevantmer relevantmest relevant
Neuter singularrelevantmer relevantmest relevant
Pluralrelevantamer relevantamest relevanta
Masculine plural3relevantemer relevantamest relevanta
DefinitePositiveComparativeSuperlative
Masculine singular1relevantemer relevantemest relevante
Allrelevantamer relevantamest relevanta
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

Antonyms

  • irrelevant
  • relevans

Further reading

  • relevant in Svensk ordbok.
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