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pertinent::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | pertain, pertinence, pertinency |
a list of articles pertinent to the discussion.
Examples of pertinent
pertinent
I listened, via the Web, to more than three hours of talk, most of it pertinent.
From the businessweek.com
Torres'discussion about his ADHD diagnosis and medication seemed more pertinent.
From the sfgate.com
Date stamps all requests and highlights pertinent data to facilitate processing.
From the jobview.monster.com
We have seen few of the pertinent documents and heard little relevant testimony.
From the newsweek.com
There is something that makes feelings seem more pertinent than concepts for me.
From the blogs.psychcentral.com
Maintains the security and confidentiality of pertinent information and records.
From the jobview.monster.com
Theories at this level are intended to be pertinent to all instances of nursing.
From the en.wikipedia.org
The coach says mental issues are more pertinent in Harrington's fall from grace.
From the guardian.co.uk
What's pertinent here is that Pelini's image is preceding him in ridiculous ways.
From the omaha.com
- Having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand; "a list of articles pertinent to the discussion"; "remarks that were to the point"
- Apposite: being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; "the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images"; "an apt reply"
- (pertinently) in a pertinent way; "what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently"
- (pertinency) applicability: relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
- Relevance describes how pertinent, connected, or applicable something is to a given matter. A thing is relevant if it serves as a means to a given purpose. Imagine a patient suffering a well-defined disease such as scurvy caused by lack of vitamin C. ...
- Pertinent was an Australian monthly periodical edited by Leon Batt. Contributors included Ian Mudie, Kylie Tennant, William Hart-Smith, the artist Rosaleen Norton and the poet Gavin Greenlees, Dulcie Deamer (the 'Queen of Bohemia'), Yvonne Webb, George Farwell, Marjorie Quinn, Marien Dreyer, and ...
- Important with regards to (a subject or matter); relevant
- Anything pertaining to land, generally used in the plural.
- A thing is pertinent if it directly relates to the issues of a matter. If a thing does not relate directly to the issues it is impertinent. A term sometimes used interchangeably with relevant is material. See also relevant and dispositive.
