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adjective
accordant, ad fin is, affinitive, allied, applicable, applying to, apposite, appropriate, appurtenant, apropos, apt, associated, bearing upon, belonging to, cognate, concerning, congruent, congruous, connected, correlated, correspondent, fitting, important, pertaining to, pertinent, referring, related, relating, relative, relevant, to the point
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applicable, apposite, appropriate, cognate, congruous, correlative, felicitous, interrelated, pertinent, related, relative (relevant), relevant, suitable, tangential
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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adj. Pertaining to the subject matter at hand.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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Germane — Général Nom IUPAC tétrahydrure de germanium Synonymes Hydrure de ger … Wikipédia en Français
Germane — Ger*mane , a. [See {German} akin, nearly related.] Literally, near akin; hence, closely allied; appropriate or fitting; relevant. [1913 Webster] The phrase would be more germane to the matter. Shak. [1913 Webster] [An amendment] must be germane.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
germane — mid 14c., having the same parents, derived from GERMAN (Cf. german) (1); Cf. human/humane, urban/urbane. Main modern sense of closely connected, relevant (c.1600) derives from use in Hamlet Act V, Scene ii: The phrase would bee more Germaine to… … Etymology dictionary
germane — *relevant, pertinent, material, apposite, applicable, apropos Analogous words: appropriate, fitting, apt, happy, felicitous (see FIT): akin, analogous, comparable, parallel (see LIKE): *related, allied, cognate, kindred Antonyms: foreign… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
germane — [adj] appropriate ad rem, akin, allied, applicable, applicative, applicatory, apposite, apropos, apt, cognate, connected, fitting, kindred, kosher*, legit*, material, on target*, on the button*, on the nose*, pertinent, proper, related, relating … New thesaurus
germane — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ relevant to a subject under consideration. ORIGIN Latin germanus genuine, of the same parents … English terms dictionary
germane — [jər mān′] adj. [var. of GERMAN] 1. truly relevant; pertinent; to the point 2. Obs. akin; german SYN. RELEVANT … English World dictionary
Germane — Germanium tetrahydride … Wikipedia
germane — adj. germane to (germane to the discussion) * * * [dʒɜː meɪn] germane to (germane to the discussion) … Combinatory dictionary
germane — ger|mane [dʒə:ˈmeın US dʒə:r ] adj formal [Date: 1600 1700; : Latin; Origin: germanus having the same parents , from germen; GERM] an idea, remark etc that is germane to something is related to it in an important and suitable way = ↑relevant… … Dictionary of contemporary English
