Relevancy Meaning
/ˈɹɛlɪvənsi/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounSufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence.
nounThe degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability.
Sentence Examples
The judge questioned the relevancy of the witness's comments.
We need to maintain the relevancy of our products in the market.
The defense lawyer questioned the relevancy of the witness testimony.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor always stressed the ____ of studying theories to real-world problems.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court assessed the ____ of each piece of evidence before allowing it to be presented.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English relevant English -cy English relevancy From relevant + -cy.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"It is the malpractice of the courts to confine evidence and discussion to the bounds of apparent relevancy."
— 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Myster of Marie Rogêt:
"To believe that such talk really ever came out of people's mouths would be to believe that there was a time when time was of no value to a person who thought he had something to say; when it was the custom to spread a two-minute remark out to ten; when a man's mouth was a rolling-mill, and busied itself all day long in turning four-foot pigs of thought into thirty-foot bars of conversational railroad iron by attenuation; when subjects were seldom faithfully stuck to, but the talk wandered all around and arrived nowhere; when conversations consisted mainly of irrelevancies, with here and there a relevancy, a relevancy with an embarrassed look, as not being able to explain how it got there."
— 1895, Mark Twain, Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The professor always stressed the ____ of studying theories to real-world problems.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The court assessed the ____ of each piece of evidence before allowing it to be presented.