pertinent — relevant or applicable to a particular matter; having a clear decisive relevance to the matter at hand
Part of speech: ADJECTIVE
Definition: relevant or applicable to a particular matter; having a clear decisive relevance to the matter at hand
Pronunciation (IPA): /ˈpɜːrtənənt/
Korean meaning: 관련된, 적절한, 해당되는
Korean pronunciation: **퍼**티넌트
Example Sentences
- During the job interview, she only shared pertinent work experience and skipped the story about her pet hamster's birthday party.
- The detective focused on pertinent clues rather than the suspect's interesting but irrelevant hobby collection.
- Please provide only pertinent documents for the audit.
pertinent
ADJECTIVE//ˈpɜːrtənənt//
relevant or applicable to a particular matter; having a clear decisive relevance to the matter at hand
The detective picks only the pertinent clues, ignoring the many objects that have nothing to do with the case.
Pert enters with pertinent facts - perfectly relevant!
Stay pertinent — or risk something impertinent becoming permanent.
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🌳Etymology
Origin
From Latin 'pertinens', the present participle of 'pertinere', meaning 'to reach to' or 'to belong to'. The prefix 'per-' means 'through' and 'tenere' means 'to hold', so it literally refers to something that holds relevance or reaches to a matter.
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📝Examples
“During the job interview, she only shared pertinent work experience and skipped the story about her pet hamster's birthday party.”
“The detective focused on pertinent clues rather than the suspect's interesting but irrelevant hobby collection.”
“Please provide only pertinent documents for the audit.”
“Her comments were highly pertinent to the discussion about climate change.”
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