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pertinent

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Adjective
 : 
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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective pertinent has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

pertinenta. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.].
  •  Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining.  Hooker.  [1913 Webster]
Syn. -- Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pertinent, adj.
1 (often foll. by to) relevant to the matter in hand; apposite.
2 to the point.

Derivative
pertinence n. pertinency n. pertinently adv.
Etymology
ME f. OF pertinent or L pertinere (as PERTAIN)

THESAURUS

pertinent

a propos, ad rem, admissible, affinitive, appertaining, applicable, applying, apposite, appropriate, apropos, apt, associative, belonging, comparable, comparative, congenial, connective, correlative, en rapport, fitting, germane, in point, involving, linking, material, pertaining, proportionable, proportional, proportionate, referable, referring, relating, relational, relative, relevant, suitable, sympathetic, to the point, to the purpose

ROGET THESAURUS

pertinent

Agreement

N agreement, accord, accordance, unison, harmony, concord, concordance, concert, understanding, mutual understanding, conformity, conformance, uniformity, consonance, consentaneousness, consistency, congruity, congruence, keeping, congeniality, correspondence, parallelism, apposition, union, fitness, aptness, relevancy, pertinence, pertinencey, sortance, case in point, aptitude, coaptation, propriety, applicability, admissibility, commensurability, compatibility, cognation, adaption, adjustment, graduation, accommodation, reconciliation, reconcilement, assimilation, consent, concurrence, cooperation, right man in the right place, very thing, quite the thing, just the thing, agreeing, suiting, in accord, accordant, concordant, consonant, congruous, consentaneous, correspondent, congenial, coherent, becoming, harmonious reconcilable, conformable, in accordance with, in harmony with, in keeping with, in unison with at one with, of one mind, of a piece, consistent, compatible, proportionate, commensurate, on all fours, apt, apposite, pertinent, pat, to the point, to the purpose, happy, felicitous, germane, ad rem, in point, on point, directly on point, bearing upon, applicable, relevant, admissible, fit adapted, in loco, a propos, appropriate, seasonable, sortable, suitable, idoneous, deft, meet, at home, in one's proper element, a propos of, pertinently, rem acu tetigisti, if the shoe fits, wear it, the cap fits, auxilia humilia firma consensus facit, discers concordia.

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