SYNONYMS AND RELATED EXPRESSIONS
relevance
noun
A useful or meaningful connection with the matter under consideration.
Local English device voice, when available. This is not a recorded dictionary pronunciation.
Connection to the issue
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Usage distinction
Return to topRelevance concerns connection to the particular issue. Significance concerns importance; information can be significant in general yet irrelevant to the question.
CHECK THE MEANING IN CONTEXT
See relevance in use
The reviewer questioned the relevance of a statistic drawn from a different population.
A photograph of a desk without a lamp supplied a refutation of the separate statement that every desk had one, provided the photograph matched the room and time under discussion. The teacher emphasized the relevance of that condition.
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