relevant
- Closely connected to or appropriate for the matter being considered.
- Having practical importance or significance in a current context.
In a sentence
- The judge ruled that the witness's prior convictions were not relevant to the current case.
- She updated her résumé to highlight skills relevant to the job posting.
Usage note. Commonly misspelled as 'revelant'—remember the root is 'relev-,' not 'revel-'; it collocates naturally with 'to,' as in 'relevant to the discussion.'
Where it comes from
English relevant · entered English late 16th c.
From Medieval Latin 'relevans,' present participle of 'relevare,' meaning 'to raise up' or 'to relieve,' itself from Latin 're-' (again) and 'levare' (to lift). The sense of 'pertinent' developed through Scholastic philosophy, and the word entered English in the late 16th century.