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GERMANE

Definition:

Relevant and appropriate to the topic.

Synonyms: 

Pertinent, Appropriate, Applicable

Antonyms: 

Irrelevant, Unrelated, Immaterial

Examples:

  • His story about the haunted toaster was not germane to the budget meeting.

  • She found a germane point buried somewhere in the professor’s long-winded lecture.

Etymology:

From Middle English germain (“closely related”), from Latin germanus (“having the same parents”).

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