pertaining to
Relevant to something
Pertaining to means relating to or concerning: regulations pertaining to food safety, documents pertaining to the case.
The phrase is formal and appears most often in legal, academic, or bureaucratic contexts.
In everyday speech, people usually say about or related to instead.
- relatingConcerning or connecting
- in relation toConcerning a specified subject
- concerningCausing worry or unease
- regardingOn the subject of
- in regard toOn the subject of
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