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    PERTINENCE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at handplay

    Synonyms:

    applicability; pertinence; pertinency

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

    Hypernyms ("pertinence" is a kind of...):

    relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pertinence"):

    germaneness (pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand)

    Derivation:

    pertain (be relevant to)

    pertinent (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence)

    pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)

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