/ ˈreləvənt; NAmE / adjective relevant (to sth/sb)
1.
closely connected with the subject you are discussing or the situation you are thinking about :
a relevant suggestion / question / point
These comments are not directly relevant to this enquiry.
Do you have the relevant experience?
OPP irrelevant
2.
having ideas that are valuable and useful to people in their lives and work :
Her novel is still relevant today.
► rele·vance / -əns; NAmE / noun [ U ]:
I don't see the relevance of your question.
What he said has no direct relevance to the matter in hand.
a classic play of contemporary relevance
► rele·vant·ly adverb :
The applicant has experience in teaching and, more relevantly, in industry.
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WORD ORIGIN
early 16th cent. (as a Scots legal term meaning legally pertinent ): from medieval Latin relevant- raising up, from Latin relevare .