relevant

«relevant» in Mova's school dictionary: being talked about or done, and useful or important for it — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (relevant, more relevant, most relevant)

meaning for a pupil

1) Connected with what is being talked about or done, and useful or important for it. tree →

2) Still important and meaningful to people now: an old story that is still relevant. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school, «only include relevant information», «underline the relevant facts in the question» and «is this relevant to your answer?» In maths word problems, some numbers are not relevant and you must ignore them. In reading, a relevant example supports your point. Phrases: «relevant to», «relevant information», «not relevant», «still relevant today».

examples

• Only write down the information relevant to the question. tree →
• Is that relevant to our project on volcanoes? tree →
• The colour of the bus is not relevant to the maths problem. tree →
• Highlight the relevant parts of the text. tree →
• His joke wasn't relevant, so the teacher ignored it. tree →
• Aesop's fables are still relevant today. tree →
• Bring any relevant documents to the meeting. tree →
• Illustrations have been moved closer to their relevant paragraphs. tree →

note

Followed by «to»: relevant to the topic. Opposite: irrelevant. Noun: relevance. Spelling trap: relev-ANT (not «revelant» or «relevent»). Maths tip: in word problems, cross out numbers that are not relevant before calculating.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «relevant» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.