pertinentadjective
uk/ˈpɜː.tɪ.nənt/us/ˈpɝː.tən.ənt/formalrelating directly to the subject being considered:
a pertinent question/remark
Chapter One is pertinent to the post-war period.
Note:
- The opposite is irrelevant. Do not confuse with impertinent (= rude).
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Linking and relating
- affiliated
- AL
- appertain to sth
- applicable
- apply
- associate
- associated
- bond
- connection
- context
- interconnected
- interplay
- interrelate
- interrelationship
- kindred
- the same/that goes for sb/sth idiom
- tie (sth) in
- tie-in
- tie-up
- topology
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