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PERTAIN

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Be a part or attribute of

Synonyms:

appertain; pertain

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "pertain" is one way to...):

belong; belong to (be a part or adjunct)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s to somebody

Derivation:

pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be relevant to

Example:

My remark pertained to your earlier comments

Synonyms:

bear on; come to; concern; have to do with; pertain; refer; relate; touch; touch on

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Verb group:

advert; allude; touch (make a more or less disguised reference to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "pertain"):

center; center on; concentrate on; focus on; revolve about; revolve around (center upon)

apply; go for; hold (be pertinent or relevant or applicable)

affect; involve; regard (connect closely and often incriminatingly)

interest; matter to (be of importance or consequence)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

pertinence; pertinency (relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand)

pertinent (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence)

Credits

 Context examples: 

This allele, which encodes activin receptor type 2B protein, plays a role in ligand binding interactions pertaining to TGF-beta signal transduction.

(ACVR2B wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The measurement and description of information pertaining to the determination of the physical properties of nanoparticles.

(Nanoparticle Physical Characterization, NCI Thesaurus)

The body system or organ class that pertains to a medical history.

(Medical History Body System or Organ Class, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

The study of ionizing radiation and its effects on matter as it pertains to clinical use and practice.

(Medical Radiation Physics, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to distant metastases.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Clinical Distant Metastasis TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the iris, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Iris Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A clinical finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the conjunctiva, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Conjunctiva Clinical Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

A pathologic finding about one or more characteristics of melanoma of the uvea, following the rules of the TNM AJCC v7 classification system as they pertain to staging of the primary tumor.

(Melanoma of the Uvea Pathologic Primary Tumor TNM Finding v7, NCI Thesaurus)

Exhibiting or pertaining to microinvasion, the microscopic extension of malignant cells into adjacent tissue in carcinoma in situ.

(Microinvasive, NCI Thesaurus)