relevance.

A bearing or useful connection to the matter under consideration.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• relevance to a question
• practical relevance

On the page

The detail’s relevance to the question depended on the disputed timing.

Practical relevance was assessed separately from the result’s statistical strength.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: criterion analysis, relative importance, potential and actual distinction, evidence interpretation. Disciplines: academic writing, institutional analysis, research and conceptual explanation. Commonness: moderately common.