PERTINENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pertinence mean? 

• PERTINENCE (noun)
  The noun PERTINENCE has 1 sense:

1. relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand

  Familiarity information: PERTINENCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PERTINENCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

applicability; pertinence; pertinency

Hypernyms ("pertinence" is a kind of...):

relevance; relevancy (the relation of something to the matter at hand)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pertinence"):

germaneness (pertinence by virtue of a close relation to the matter at hand)

Derivation:

pertain (be relevant to)

pertinent (being of striking appropriateness and pertinence)

pertinent (having precise or logical relevance to the matter at hand)