pertinence
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6.3
- noun
- /ˈpɜrtɪnəns/
:
pertinencia
- The teacher emphasized the pertinence of the topic to the students' real-life experiences.
- of particular pertinence
- the pertinence of the question
Examples
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To focus the discussion, I will select just four examples from the standards with special pertinence for foreign language learners.
Academic text (2001) -
From the point of view of the villagers, however, they are demonstrations of local pertinence.
Academic text (1990) -
The content of the image is even more important and brings us to our second point about pertinence.
Academic text (1993) -
The State Board of Education informed teachers about the pertinence of teaching safety to the state's learning standards.
Academic text (2004) -
The pertinence of research findings for the people subject to investigation rarely enters into consideration.
Academic text (1991) -
What you need is what we in library circles refer to as low retrieval with high pertinence.
Blog text (9) -
Such ecological and clinical pertinence is important when considering an instrument for longitudinal use.
Academic text (2001) -
The combination of different kinds of war, different forms of external intervention, and sanctions adds pertinence to this observation.
Academic text (2007) -
The inundation of available health information on the Internet makes it challenging to judge the pertinence, credibility, authoritativeness, and applicability of retrieved information and engenders confusion and frustration among information seekers.
Academic text (2014) -
During the meeting, he highlighted the pertinence of the data to the current project goals.
Synonyms
118
3.4
A close connection to what is being discussed
10
4.1
How closely something is connected to the topic being discussed
8
5.7
How relevant or suitable something is for a particular use
2
8.4
Importance of a fact or detail that needs attention
1
9.1
A close connection to what is being discussed
Clearly related to the subject or question
Antonyms
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pertinence comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and tenere 'to hold', the same root you can see in words like contain and retain. So if something has pertinence it 'holds' to the main point and is therefore relevant to the matter at hand.