pertinence
Quality of applicability
Pertinence is the quality of being relevant or applicable to the matter at hand.
A question has pertinence when it bears directly on the topic under discussion: The judge questioned the pertinence of the witness's testimony.
The noun form of pertinent.
Related to the topic
- applicableAble to be used
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- appositeStrikingly suitable or relevant
- bearingPosture or orientation
relatedness · applicability · relevancy · appositeness · materiality · connection · relativity · correspondence
Condition affecting an event
- situationState of affairs
- frameworkUnderlying support system
- settingContext of events
- backgroundOne's formative experiences
conditions · scenario · applicability · bearing · relevancy · reference · scope · domain
Quality of mattering
- salienceState of standing out
- consequenceResult of an action
- weightMeasure of heaviness
- gravityMutual mass attraction
materiality · centrality · substance · meaningfulness · noteworthiness · criticality · moment · import
Connected system of parts
- associationGroup with shared aim
- relationshipConnection between entities
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- bearingPosture or orientation
tie-in · nexus · thread · bridge · interrelation · affinity · relatedness · correspondence
germane
Related to the topic
- applicableAble to be used
- materialPhysical matter; pertinent
- appositeStrikingly suitable or relevant
bearing · relatedness · applicability · relevancy · appositeness · materiality · connection · relativity · correspondence · congruence
circumstance
Condition affecting an event
background · conditions · scenario · applicability · bearing · relevancy · reference · scope · domain · subject
significance
Quality of mattering
- salienceState of standing out
- consequenceResult of an action
- weightMeasure of heaviness
gravity · materiality · centrality · substance · meaningfulness · noteworthiness · criticality · moment · import · value
linkage
Connected system of parts
- associationGroup with shared aim
- relationshipConnection between entities
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
bearing · tie-in · nexus · thread · bridge · interrelation · affinity · relatedness · correspondence · alignment
argument
Reasoned case or dispute
premise · criterion · inference · deduction · implication · coherence · validity · justification · basis · grounds
- importanceimportance, significance, consequence, weight, gravity
- relevancerelevance, relevant, germane, applicable, apropos
- significancesignificance, meaning, importance, relevance, value
- meaningmeaning, sense, significance, denotation, definition
- proprietydecorum, decency, propriety, correctness, suitability
- suitabilityfitness, aptness, appropriateness, adequacy, qualification
pertinenceirrelevance
Lack of pertinence
irrelevancy · inapplicability · extraneousness · immateriality · beside the point
pertinent, impertinent, impertinence, pertinency, impertinences, pertinently