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Dictionary entry overview: What does germane mean?
• GERMANE (adjective)
The adjective GERMANE has 1 sense:
1. relevant and appropriate
Familiarity information: GERMANE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relevant and appropriate
Context example:
he asks questions that are germane and central to the issue
Similar:
relevant (having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)
Derivation:
germaneness (pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand)
Context examples
He, too, growled, savagely, terribly, voicing the fear that is to life germane and that lies twisted about life's deepest roots.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
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