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relevancy

noun
/ˈɹɛlɪvənsi/

Etymology

From relevant + -cy.

  1. borrowed from relevāns
  2. borrowed from relevant
  3. suffixed as relevancy — “relevant + cy”

Definitions

  1. Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law

    Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.

  2. The degree to which a thing is relevant

    The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.

    • It is the malpractice of the courts to confine evidence and discussion to the bounds of apparent relevancy.

  3. A relevant thing.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for relevancy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA