Meaning of PERTINENCE
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| | Definition: | | [n] relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand |
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| | Synonyms: | | applicability, pertinency |
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| | Antonyms: | | inapplicability | | |
| | See Also: | | germaneness, relevance, relevancy | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Per"ti*nence\, Pertinency \Per"ti*nen*cy\, n. [Cf.
F. pertinence. See {Pertinent}.]
The quality or state of being pertinent; justness of relation
to the subject or matter in hand; fitness; appositeness;
relevancy; suitableness.
The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.
--Bentley.
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| | Related Terms: | | affective meaning, applicability, application, appositeness, bearing, coloring, concern, concernment, connection, connotation, consequence, denotation, drift, effect, essence, extension, force, germaneness, gist, grammatical meaning, idea, impact, implication, import, intension, interest, lexical meaning, literal meaning, materiality, meaning, overtone, pith, point, practical consequence, purport, range of meaning, real meaning, reference, referent, regard, relatedness, relation, relevance, respect, scope, semantic cluster, semantic field, sense, significance, signification, significatum, signifie, span of meaning, spirit, structural meaning, substance, sum, sum and substance, symbolic meaning, tenor, totality of associations, transferred meaning, unadorned meaning, undertone, value |
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