adj, noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A right that attaches to land, in Scots law.

Adjective

1. 1
   Important with regard to (a subject or matter); pertaining; relevant.

   "Fourthly, I have made an effort to call the attention of the reader to the pertinent literature."

Adjective

1. 1
   being of striking appropriateness and pertinence wordnet
2. 2
   having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

relevantaproposa proposad remadmissibleaffinitive

Antonyms

All antonyms

immaterialimpertinentirrelevantneither here nor there

Example

More examples

"Computer technology is indispensable to access many pertinent items of data."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English pertinent, borrowed from Old French pertinent and Latin pertinēns, pertinentem.

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