relevance
- noun
- /ˈrɛlɪvəns/
- This just arrived at the door and actually has some relevance to the project we're working on.
- social relevance
- feasibility and relevance
- direct relevance
We're going to kind of discover the relevance of momentum space.
- We're going to kind of discover the relevance of momentum space.
- And the lesson of all of this is the relevance of unit free numbers.
- So you have the statistical relevance of what it is you're doing.
- And that has real relevance for what we consider to be the good.
- And that's, you might say, some of the contemporary relevance that people see in this work.
- But right now the the point is relevance realization is always going to be messy.
- And this clearly has relevance for narcissistic abuse.
- So the lessons of Fukushima Dai Ichi are very much of relevance to the United States.
- You shouldn't add time which has no relevance to the existence of this ongoing relationship.
- But it is it is an area that has an incredible relevance.
Examples
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Spatially extensive or rapid landscape changes are of particular relevance to policy and management.
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Little of this music has relevance to the lives of students outside of school.
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The only way to build demand is relevance at scale.
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I think we can all appreciate the relevance of that now.
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What is the relevance of that question?
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What is the relevance of this?
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Again, the students saw the relevance of helping others and were engaged.
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In essence, the process has direct relevance to practice via applied research.
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"It's about trying to make sure that the work we do has broader relevance," he says.
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The teacher emphasized the relevance of proper grammar in academic writing.
Synonyms
How closely something is connected to the topic being discussed
How relevant or suitable something is for a particular use
Importance of a fact or detail that needs attention
How much something connects to the topic being discussed
A close connection to what is being discussed
Clearly related to the subject or question
Antonyms
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Relevance comes from the Latin parts re- 'again' and levare 'to lift', a root you also see in English words like relief and elevate. So, something has relevance when it is 'lifted' into importance because it fits or connects to the topic.