relevant
rel.e.vant \'rel-*-v*nt, substand 'rev-*-l*nt\ aj [ML relevant-, relevans,
fr. L, prp. of relevare to raise up]- more at RELIEVE 1a: bearing upon the
matter at hand : PERTINENT 1b: affording evidence tending to prove or
disprove the matters at issue o r under discussion {~ testimony} 2:
PROPORTIONAL, RELATIVE PPOSITE, APPLICABLE, APROPOS mean related to or
bearing upon the matter in hand. RELEVANT implies a traceable, significant,
logical connection; GERMANE may additionally imply a fitness for or
appropriateness to the situation or occasion; MATERIAL implies so close a
relationship that it cannot be dispensed with without serious alteration of
the case; PERTINENT stresses a clear and decisive relevance; APPOSITE
suggests a felicitous relevance; APPLICABLE suggests the fitness of
bringing a general rule or principle to bear upon a particular in hand;
APROPOS suggests being both relevant and opportune - rel.e.vant.ly av SYN
syn RELEVANT, GERMANE, MATERIAL, PERTINENT, A