# relevant

Pronunciation: US say "REL-uh-vuhnt" /ˈɹɛləvənt/; UK

## Adjective

1. Closely connected with the matter being discussed or considered, and important to it.
   - Simple: Connected with what you are talking about or doing, and so worth thinking about.
   - _The committee asked witnesses to confine their remarks to relevant details._
   - _Only the most relevant studies made it into the final review._
2. Up to date and still applicable; not outdated.
   - Simple: Still useful or important now, not old or out of date.
   - _Decades later, the author's warnings remain remarkably relevant._
   - _The training manual was revised to keep its advice relevant._
3. Currently famous, popular, or worth paying attention to. *(slang)*
   - Simple: Well known, popular, or worth paying attention to right now.
   - _A surprise album kept the rapper relevant through an otherwise quiet year._
   - _Few influencers stay relevant once the trend that made them fades._

## Origin

Latin relevō ("lift up again, lighten, relieve"), from re- ("again") and levō ("lift"), had the present active participle relevāns; Scots legal circles borrowed it and used it from the early 1500s to mean "legally pertinent."

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