adj · neutral
relevant
UK/ˈrɛlɪvənt/US/ˈreləvənt/REL·e·vant
Band 5-6task2speaking
closely connected or appropriate to what is being discussed or considered
Examples
“Make sure your examples are relevant to the question.”
“Only include relevant data in the report.”
“Her research focuses on issues relevant to urban planning.”
Band 8 sentence
“When writing your essay, only include evidence that is directly relevant to your argument.”
Collocations
- relevant to
- highly relevant
- relevant information
Word family
relevance nounrelevantly adv
Common mistakes
important→relevant
related→relevant
Say it for a higher band
5related→6connected→7+relevant
Synonyms
pertinent
applicable
Easily confused
pertinent
“She raised some pertinent questions during the seminar.”
related
“The two topics are related but not directly relevant.”
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