RELEVANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does relevance mean? 

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

1. the relation of something to the matter at hand

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RELEVANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The relation of something to the matter at hand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

relevance; relevancy

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

connectedness; connection; connexion (a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it))

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

materiality (relevance requiring careful consideration)

cogency (persuasive relevance)

point (a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect)

applicability; pertinence; pertinency (relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand)

Antonym:

irrelevance (the lack of a relation of something to the matter at hand)

Derivation:

relevant (having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue)

 Context examples 

Far apart in space, time, or relevance from a point of origin.

(Distant, NCI Thesaurus)

A term used to indicate that information on a specific question or subject can not be provided because there is no relevance.

(None or Not Applicable, NCI Thesaurus)

Having relevance; capable of being applied.

(Applicable, NCI Thesaurus)

Their relevance to human AAH and mouse adenomas remains to be determined.

(Atypical Adenomatous Hyperplasia of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Of particular clinical relevance is the blockage of H2 receptors found on the parietal cells of the stomach, which prevents gastric acid secretion.

(Histamine-2 Receptor Antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

Their relevance to human small cell carcinomas and other neuroendocrine carcinomas remains to be determined.

(Neuroendocrine Carcinoma of the Mouse Pulmonary System, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)

Grants are funded based on scientific merit, program relevance, and program balance and are made annually.

(Cancer Center Support Grant Application, NCI Thesaurus)

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals of African descent

(AIDS, Black, NCI Thesaurus)

The findings from this study highlight the relevance of energetics for ensuring normal brain function and reveal how it is disrupted by excessive alcohol consumption.

(Study of brain energy patterns provides new insights into alcohol effects, National Institutes of Health)

AIDS related research with a minimum of 20% (or $100,000) relevance to individuals who are Asian/Pacific Islanders or Native Americans, including American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Hawaiian Natives.

(AIDS, Other Minorities, NCI Thesaurus)