relevantadj.

Brit.

/ˈrɛlᵻv(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ˈrɛləv(ə)nt/

Forms: 1600s– relevant; Scottish pre-1700 relefant, pre-1700 releiffand, pre-1700 releuand, pre-1700 releuant, pre-1700 relevand, pre-1700 releveant, pre-1700 relevent, pre-1700 relewant, pre-1700 relivant, pre-1700 relouand, pre-1700 relyvant, pre-1700 1700s– relevant.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin relevant-, relevans; Latin relevant-, relevāns.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin relevant-, relevans (adjective) legitimate, valid (1481 in Du Cange), pertinent (1529, 1549 in Scottish sources), and its etymon classical Latin relevant-, relevāns easing, alleviating, present participle of relevāre to lighten, ease, refresh (see relieve v.).

1. Scots Law. Of a claim, charge, defence, etc.: legally sufficient, adequate, or pertinent.

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1516 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 53b The said balȝeis askit the said forspeikaris to schaw the king kez or ony wthir relouand caus that thai had to obiect aganis the said breif.

1561 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 173 Of the law it is requirit to the relevancie thairof that ather of the partis..be relevant in the self, utherwyise the haill to be nocht relevant.

1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 107 If they can make no relevant endictment..against them.

1723 in J. Maclaurin Arguments & Decisions Remarkable Cases (1774) 70 [They] find the libel relevant to infer the pains of law.

1753 Trial J. Stewart 149 [They] remit the pannel, with the libel as found relevant, to the knowledge of an assize.

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 248 The defence, that the pannel had communicated her situation to her sister, was a relevant defence.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 273 The exception of fraud, or force and fear, is not relevant against all actions.

1904 A. M. Anderson Criminal Law 269 The Act of 1887 provides that it shall not be necessary to enter upon the record an interlocutor finding the indictment relevant.

2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 11 June 28 They argued that [mesothelioma] sufferers..would have to identify a ‘single triggering source’ to pin liability on any single defender, and it must be a relevant defence to claim that it was not possible to do that.

2. In general use.

a. Bearing on or connected with the matter in hand; closely relating to the subject or point at issue; pertinent to a specified thing.Relatively rare before 1800; in early use extended from sense 1.

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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective]

important1444

substantious1483

sore1530

relevantc1540

importing1579

of great (little, etc.) weight1581

grave1594

dear1598

consequentious1634

concerning1641

of concern1651

consequent1659

weighty1662

interesting1711

capital1724

consequential1728

magnitudinous1777

makulu1899

operative1955

the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective]

to (the) purposea1387

pertinentc1390

appliablec1429

relevantc1540

appliant1548

incident1557

relative1579

home1607

effectual1608

ad rem1680

adaptable1718

to the point1817

pointful1898

c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. A.iv And quhen Delyte had said on this maneir As rage of youtheid thocht maist releuant. Than Uirtew said as ye sall eftir heir.

1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 10 I sall the schaw ane answer releuant.

1646 King Charles I Lett. to A. Henderson (1649) 55 To determine our differences, or, at least, to make our Probations and Arguments Relevant.

1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 143 It is very relevant if it were true.

a1702 J. Frazer Deuteroskopia (1707) 21 It [sc. a theory of the operation of the eye] seems truly to be founded upon relevant grounds.

1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 140 A positive regulation respecting marriage, relevant to a like regulation of the institution of the theocracy.

1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 78 If we either admit those objections as relevant, or obviate them as unfounded.

1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 4 Many things in a controversy might seem relevant, if we knew to what they were intended to refer.

1948 D. Cecil Two Quiet Lives ii. 140 To learn everything that could possibly be thought relevant to the subject.

1996 Independent 24 Aug. (Weekend section) 19/1 Make sure you have all the relevant documentation ready.

2007 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 25/3 A progressive, pluralistic Islam, rooted in and relevant to contemporary Britain.

b. Without construction: appropriate or applicable in the (esp. current) context or circumstances; having social, political, etc., relevance (relevance n. 2b); apposite.

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1951 W. P. Le Saint tr. Tertullian Treat. Marriage & Remarriage Introd. 6 The second half of the treatise deals with the subject of mixed marriage and..is as relevant today as it was eighteen hundred years.

1969 Harper's Mag. Nov. 86 Either we can commit ourselves to changing the institutions of our society that need to be changed, to make them—to use a term which I hate—‘relevant’..or we can sit back and try to defend them.

1976 Listener 20 May 627/3 The ultimate sin of the broadcaster is to keep off the air, because of his political or social prejudices, subjects which are relevant and significant.

1994 M. Jackson Real Facts of Life vii. 173 She replied that [in the 1930s] ‘the most important issue at that time was reproduction’, and that lesbianism was therefore seen as ‘not relevant’.

2002 New Republic 14 Jan. 21/1 A tradition of liberal judicial restraint that seems more relevant today than at any time since the New Deal.

†3. Relieving; remedial. Obsolete. rare.

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the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective]

remediousa1450

amendablea1500

amending1551

reparative1582

corrigible1602

corrective1603

remediate1608

remedial1612

amendful1639

reparatory1648

curative1658

relevant1676

correcting1692

correctory1758

redeeming1827

rectificatory1851

rectificative1863

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Relevant, relieving.

1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Relevant, relieving.

1762 R. Aston Let. 24 June in E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 38 They ever pursued vindictive rather than relevant measures.

†4. Corresponding or proportional (to something). Obsolete. rare.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > relative or proportionate

relative1619

relevant1868

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. viii. 75 Population and the supply of food must be exactly relevant.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xiv. 188 The value..is absolutely relevant to the demand for them.

Derivatives

ˈrelevantly adv.

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the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb]

to (the) purposea1387

pertinentlyc1425

to the matter1534

relevantly1536

pat1578

effectually1581

germanely1823

1536 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 131 At thai schaw relevently..quhat thai ar restrikit to the office of dempstary.

1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 11 The defender is so innocent thereof, that if it were libellit relevantly, he needed no other defence but a simple denyal.

1795 J. Barlow Hist. Eng. 1765–95 V. xxii. 35 A set-off, as it is called, or balancing of accounts between merits and demerits, would relevantly be admitted.

1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 601 Parties, and witnesses, who make statements without malice and relevantly.

1968 Amer. Econ. Rev. 58 1334 Never have the reasons and justifications..of the use of ordinal utility been expressed so relevantly and in so few words.

2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. e7 Politics..were the talk of Hollywood this summer... But on the eve of the election—and, more relevantly, as the holidays approach—studio offerings are reverting to form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	relevant
释义	relevantadj. Brit. /ˈrɛlᵻv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˈrɛləv(ə)nt/ Forms: 1600s– relevant; Scottish pre-1700 relefant, pre-1700 releiffand, pre-1700 releuand, pre-1700 releuant, pre-1700 relevand, pre-1700 releveant, pre-1700 relevent, pre-1700 relewant, pre-1700 relivant, pre-1700 relouand, pre-1700 relyvant, pre-1700 1700s– relevant. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin relevant-, relevans; Latin relevant-, relevāns. Etymology: < post-classical Latin relevant-, relevans (adjective) legitimate, valid (1481 in Du Cange), pertinent (1529, 1549 in Scottish sources), and its etymon classical Latin relevant-, relevāns easing, alleviating, present participle of relevāre to lighten, ease, refresh (see relieve v.). 1. Scots Law. Of a claim, charge, defence, etc.: legally sufficient, adequate, or pertinent. ΚΠ 1516 Wigtown Burgh Court Rec. f. 53b The said balȝeis askit the said forspeikaris to schaw the king kez or ony wthir relouand caus that thai had to obiect aganis the said breif. 1561 Reg. Privy Council Scotl. I. 173 Of the law it is requirit to the relevancie thairof that ather of the partis..be relevant in the self, utherwyise the haill to be nocht relevant. 1644 J. Maxwell Sacro-sancta Regum Majestas 107 If they can make no relevant endictment..against them. 1723 in J. Maclaurin Arguments & Decisions Remarkable Cases (1774) 70 [They] find the libel relevant to infer the pains of law. 1753 Trial J. Stewart 149 [They] remit the pannel, with the libel as found relevant, to the knowledge of an assize. 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian x, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 248 The defence, that the pannel had communicated her situation to her sister, was a relevant defence. 1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. 273 The exception of fraud, or force and fear, is not relevant against all actions. 1904 A. M. Anderson Criminal Law 269 The Act of 1887 provides that it shall not be necessary to enter upon the record an interlocutor finding the indictment relevant. 2001 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 11 June 28 They argued that [mesothelioma] sufferers..would have to identify a ‘single triggering source’ to pin liability on any single defender, and it must be a relevant defence to claim that it was not possible to do that. 2. In general use. a. Bearing on or connected with the matter in hand; closely relating to the subject or point at issue; pertinent to a specified thing.Relatively rare before 1800; in early use extended from sense 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > [adjective] important1444 substantious1483 sore1530 relevantc1540 importing1579 of great (little, etc.) weight1581 grave1594 dear1598 consequentious1634 concerning1641 of concern1651 consequent1659 weighty1662 interesting1711 capital1724 consequential1728 magnitudinous1777 makulu1899 operative1955 the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adjective] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentc1390 appliablec1429 relevantc1540 appliant1548 incident1557 relative1579 home1607 effectual1608 ad rem1680 adaptable1718 to the point1817 pointful1898 c1540 J. Bellenden in tr. H. Boece Hyst. & Cron. Scotl. sig. A.iv And quhen Delyte had said on this maneir As rage of youtheid thocht maist releuant. Than Uirtew said as ye sall eftir heir. 1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus i. f. 10 I sall the schaw ane answer releuant. 1646 King Charles I Lett. to A. Henderson (1649) 55 To determine our differences, or, at least, to make our Probations and Arguments Relevant. 1646 R. Baillie Anabaptism 143 It is very relevant if it were true. a1702 J. Frazer Deuteroskopia (1707) 21 It [sc. a theory of the operation of the eye] seems truly to be founded upon relevant grounds. 1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 140 A positive regulation respecting marriage, relevant to a like regulation of the institution of the theocracy. 1827 H. Steuart Planter's Guide (1828) 78 If we either admit those objections as relevant, or obviate them as unfounded. 1875 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) IV. 4 Many things in a controversy might seem relevant, if we knew to what they were intended to refer. 1948 D. Cecil Two Quiet Lives ii. 140 To learn everything that could possibly be thought relevant to the subject. 1996 Independent 24 Aug. (Weekend section) 19/1 Make sure you have all the relevant documentation ready. 2007 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 25/3 A progressive, pluralistic Islam, rooted in and relevant to contemporary Britain. b. Without construction: appropriate or applicable in the (esp. current) context or circumstances; having social, political, etc., relevance (relevance n. 2b); apposite. ΚΠ 1951 W. P. Le Saint tr. Tertullian Treat. Marriage & Remarriage Introd. 6 The second half of the treatise deals with the subject of mixed marriage and..is as relevant today as it was eighteen hundred years. 1969 Harper's Mag. Nov. 86 Either we can commit ourselves to changing the institutions of our society that need to be changed, to make them—to use a term which I hate—‘relevant’..or we can sit back and try to defend them. 1976 Listener 20 May 627/3 The ultimate sin of the broadcaster is to keep off the air, because of his political or social prejudices, subjects which are relevant and significant. 1994 M. Jackson Real Facts of Life vii. 173 She replied that [in the 1930s] ‘the most important issue at that time was reproduction’, and that lesbianism was therefore seen as ‘not relevant’. 2002 New Republic 14 Jan. 21/1 A tradition of liberal judicial restraint that seems more relevant today than at any time since the New Deal. †3. Relieving; remedial. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > amending > [adjective] remediousa1450 amendablea1500 amending1551 reparative1582 corrigible1602 corrective1603 remediate1608 remedial1612 amendful1639 reparatory1648 curative1658 relevant1676 correcting1692 correctory1758 redeeming1827 rectificatory1851 rectificative1863 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Relevant, relieving. 1730 N. Bailey et al. Dictionarium Britannicum Relevant, relieving. 1762 R. Aston Let. 24 June in E. Burke Corr. (1844) I. 38 They ever pursued vindictive rather than relevant measures. †4. Corresponding or proportional (to something). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > [adjective] > relative or proportionate relative1619 relevant1868 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. viii. 75 Population and the supply of food must be exactly relevant. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xiv. 188 The value..is absolutely relevant to the demand for them. Derivatives ˈrelevantly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > relevance or pertinence > [adverb] to (the) purposea1387 pertinentlyc1425 to the matter1534 relevantly1536 pat1578 effectually1581 germanely1823 1536 in J. M. Webster & A. A. M. Duncan Regality of Dunfermline Court Bk. (1953) 131 At thai schaw relevently..quhat thai ar restrikit to the office of dempstary. 1661 Marquis of Argyll Def. against Grand Indytement High Treason 11 The defender is so innocent thereof, that if it were libellit relevantly, he needed no other defence but a simple denyal. 1795 J. Barlow Hist. Eng. 1765–95 V. xxii. 35 A set-off, as it is called, or balancing of accounts between merits and demerits, would relevantly be admitted. 1883 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 11 601 Parties, and witnesses, who make statements without malice and relevantly. 1968 Amer. Econ. Rev. 58 1334 Never have the reasons and justifications..of the use of ordinal utility been expressed so relevantly and in so few words. 2004 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 28 Oct. e7 Politics..were the talk of Hollywood this summer... But on the eve of the election—and, more relevantly, as the holidays approach—studio offerings are reverting to form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1516
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