About The Word Pertinence
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Pertinence
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What's The Definition Of Pertinence?
[n] relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand
Synonyms | Synonyms for Pertinence: applicability | pertinency Related Terms | Find terms related to Pertinence: 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 See Also | germaneness | relevance | relevancy Pertinence In Webster's Dictionary \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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