Library / English Dictionary

RELEVANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation of something to the matter at hand

Synonyms:

relevance; relevancy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Hypernyms ("relevance" is a kind of...):

connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "relevance"):

materiality (relevance requiring careful consideration)

cogency (persuasive relevance)

point (a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect)

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

Antonym:

irrelevance (the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand)

Derivation:

relevant (having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)

Credits

 Context examples: 

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals of Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Central American, or South American descent.

(AIDS, Hispanic, NCI Thesaurus)

Although additional work is needed to determine the relevance of the findings to humans, the researchers suggest that interventions to limit itching potentially could lessen the severity of food allergy among people with atopic dermatitis.

(Scratching the skin primes the gut for allergic reactions to food, mouse study suggests, National Institutes of Health)

An adverse event that is asymptomatic; or involves mild or minor symptoms; or is of marginal clinical relevance; or consists of clinical or diagnostic observations alone; or for which intervention is not indicated; or for which only non-prescription intervention is indicated.

(Mild Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)

Advises the Director, National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the Director, Division of Extramural Activities, regarding research grant and cooperative agreement applications, contract proposals and concept review relating to basic and clinical sciences, and applied research and development programs of special relevance to the National Cancer Institute.

(NCI Special Emphasis Panel, NCI Thesaurus)