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PERTINENCE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Synonyms:
applicability; pertinence; pertinency
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("pertinence" is a kind of...):
relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pertinence"):
germaneness (pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand)
Derivation:
pertain (be relevant to)
pertinent (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence)
pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)
