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pertinency

/ˈpɜː(ɹ)tɪnənsi/

pertinency noun: the quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.

Noun

pertinency (usually uncountable, plural pertinencies)

  1. (usually) The quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
    • The fitness and pertinency of the apostle's discourse.1692, Richard Bentley, [A Confutation of Atheism] (please specify the sermon), London: [Thomas Parkhurst; Henry Mortlock], published 1692–1693
  2. (countable, dated, usually) Something that is relevant to the matter at hand.
    • We note the following pertinencies […]1902, Chemical, Metallurgical, and Mining Society of South Africa, Proceedings, volume 3, page 450

pertinency meaning in Bengali

pertinency in Bengali

প্রাসঙ্গিকতা

Forms of pertinency

pluralpertinencies

Origin of pertinency

From Latin pertineō.

Questions about pertinency

What does pertinency mean?
Pertinency means the quality of being pertinent to the matter at hand; relevance.
What is pertinency in Bengali?
Pertinency in Bengali is প্রাসঙ্গিকতা. See Pertinency meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is pertinency?
Pertinency is a noun.
How do you pronounce pertinency?
Pertinency is pronounced /ˈpɜː(ɹ)tɪnənsi/.
What is the plural of pertinency?
The plural of pertinency is pertinencies.

Words near pertinency in the dictionary

  1. pertinately
  2. pertineer
  3. pertinence
  4. pertinences
  5. pertinencies
  6. pertinency
  7. pertinent
  8. pertinently
  9. pertinentness
  10. pertinents
  11. perting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pertinency (page history and authors); pertinency (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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