adj · academic
relevant
UK/ˈreləvənt/US/ˈrɛləvənt/REL·e·vant
Band 5-6speakingtask2
closely connected with the topic or matter being discussed
Examples
“The student used only the most relevant examples in the essay.”
“Make sure your points are relevant to the question.”
“Relevant research supports the author's conclusion.”
Band 8 sentence
“When writing an academic paper, focus on the most relevant evidence rather than including every interesting detail.”
Collocations
- relevant to
- relevant information
- highly relevant
Word family
relevant adjrelevance nirrelevant adj
Common mistakes
relevant with→relevant to
The evidence was high relevance.→The evidence was highly relevant.
Say it for a higher band
5related→6connected→7+relevant
Synonyms
related
pertinent
Easily confused
related
“The case is related to earlier incidents in the region.”
irrelevant
“His comment was irrelevant to the main point.”
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