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pertinence
noun
Direct relevance to the subject being considered.
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The question's pertinence became clear when the missing records appeared.
Residents discussing a shared laundry room needed relevant information about opening times, machine access, and the space available for folding clothes. One resident questioned the pertinence of a long account about the building's old garden, since it did not help answer any laundry question.
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pertinence is grouped under pertinent in the main dictionaries. This form keeps its meaning and previous study record.
pertinentadjective
Relevant to the subject or situation.
She asked a pertinent question about the project's timetable.
At the end of the presentation, Nora chose to reiterate the limitation that the map represented an imagined scenario rather than a real planning outcome. She then used one slide to recapitulate the main question, the depicted pattern, and the uncertainty in the interpretation. A listener asked a pertinent question about how one symbol had been assigned.
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