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relevant

adj
/ˈɹɛləvənt/

Etymology

From Scots relevant meaning "legally pertinent," used in Scottish legal circles starting in the early 1500s, and first used in English in the 1700s. Borrowed from Latin relevāns, relevāntem, present active participle of relevō (“lift up again, lighten, relieve”), from re- (“again”) + levō (“lift”).

  1. borrowed from relevāns
  2. borrowed from relevant

Definitions

  1. Related, connected, or pertinent to a topic.

  2. Not out of date

    Not out of date; current.

    • The message of Christmas is still relevant as we near the end of a troubled year and the beginning of an uncertain but challenging new year.
    • Motorola was quickly losing the cell-phone battle to Nokia for a time. When they launched the RAZR phone and combined it with their "Hello Moto" campaign, it made the brand relevant again.

  3. Famous, popular, or noteworthy in a contemporary context.

The neighborhood

Derived

biorelevant, immunorelevant, nonrelevant, omnirelevant, relevantly, safety-relevant, unrelevant

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at relevant. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01relevant02famous03well04accurately05error06sin07sinfulness08product09applied10apply

A definitional loop anchored at relevant. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at relevant

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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