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• pertinent — [[t]pɜ͟ː(r)tɪnənt[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to n Something that is pertinent is relevant to a particular subject. [FORMAL] She had asked some pertinent questions... Pertinent information will be forwarded to the appropriate party. ...knowledge and …   English dictionary

• pertinent — per|ti|nent [ˈpə:tınənt US ˈpə:r ] adj formal [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: Latin, present participle of pertinere; PERTAIN] directly relating to something that is being considered = ↑relevant ▪ He asked me a lot of very pertinent… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• pertinent — per|ti|nent [ pɜrtnənt ] adjective FORMAL relevant to something: He was determined to ask Mrs. McMahon a few pertinent questions. pertinent to: information pertinent to the airplane crash ╾ per|ti|nence noun uncount ╾ per|ti|nent|ly adverb …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• pertinent — UK [ˈpɜː(r)tɪnənt] / US [ˈpɜrt(ə)nənt] adjective formal relevant to something He was determined to ask Mrs McMahon a few pertinent questions. pertinent to: information pertinent to the accident investigation Derived words: pertinence noun… …   English dictionary

• pertinent — adjective formal directly concerned with something that is being considered: relevant: The investigator asked several highly pertinent questions. (+ to): Your remarks are not pertinent to today s discussion. pertinently adverb pertinence noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• relevant — relevant, germane, material, pertinent, apposite, applicable, apropos are comparable when they mean having a relation to or a bearing upon the matter in hand or the present circumstances. Something relevant has a traceable connection, especially… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• Government procurement in the United States — is based on many of the same principles as commercial contracting, but is subject to special laws and regulation as described below. Persons entering into commercial contracts are pretty much free to do anything that they can agree on. Each… …   Wikipedia

• point — [point] n. [OFr, dot, prick < L punctum, dot, neut. of punctus, pp. of pungere, to prick (< IE base * peuĝ , *peuk̑, to prick, jab > Ger fichte, spruce tree, L pugil, boxer, pugnus, fist); also < OFr pointe, sharp end < ML puncta… …   English World dictionary

• bear on — verb 1. be relevant to (Freq. 2) There were lots of questions referring to her talk My remark pertained to your earlier comments • Syn: ↑refer, ↑pertain, ↑relate, ↑concern, ↑come to …   Useful english dictionary

• Kant: Critique of Judgement — Patrick Gardiner Kant’s third Critique, the Critique of Judgement, was published in 1790 and was intended as he himself put it to bring his “entire critical undertaking to a close.” So conceived, it was certainly in part designed to build upon… …   History of philosophy

• pre-Columbian civilizations — Introduction       the aboriginal American Indian (Mesoamerican Indian) cultures that evolved in Meso America (part of Mexico and Central America) and the Andean region (western South America) prior to Spanish exploration and conquest in the 16th …   Universalium