germane
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6.9
- adjective
- /dʒɜrˈmeɪn/
- Formal
:
pertinente
- The dialogue addresses issues germane to the theory and practice of literary criticism and cultural studies.
- particularly germane
- especially germane
- germane to the discussion
The second topic, this one is much more germane to the overall story.
- The second topic, this one is much more germane to the overall story.
- And Carl Gallagher asks a question germane to this as well.
- But a lot of what he's saying is germane to the the debates that that took place.
- And Weitz's theory about art is germane here.
- And their expertise is germane when potentiality is invoked to make moral claims about bodies.
- So let us dispose as not germane to this particular debate those those those two allegations.
- And perhaps more germane to this conversation, having to do with the physical or the constitutional makeup of African Americans or people of African descent.
- So how did you ever think about all these issues that are very germane?
- And I think that very germane is the understanding, again, the value of technology to serve us.
Examples
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Pearson's (1974) conclusions are especially germane in relation to digital systems such as Lexiles.
Academic text (2013) -
The fact that you are a sheriff is not germane to the situation.
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Not germane to the issue, sir.
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The second topic, this one is much more germane to the overall story.
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Among those that are, some will be germane to our particular discussion and some will not.
Academic text (2001) -
I begin with a brief description of my experience that is germane to this article.
Academic text (1999) -
This is germane to our predicament.
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But it is Rothenberg's comments on sexual harassment that are especially germane to our discussion.
Academic text (2000) -
We're going to cover the ones that are most germane to our subsequent discussions of polymers and biochemistry.
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His comments were very germane to the topic we were discussing.
Synonyms
592
3.3
Closely connected to what people are talking about or doing
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4.4
Suitable for a situation or purpose
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4.9
Connected to the main topic or situation
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8.0
Very suitable and relevant to a particular situation
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Etymology
Germane comes from an old word germanus that meant 'of the same family' or 'closely related'. So, something germane is 'relevant' because it is closely connected to the matter being discussed.