"relevancy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛlɪvənsi/ Forms: relevancies [plural]
Etymology: From relevant + -ancy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|relevant|ancy}} relevant + -ancy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} relevancy (countable and uncountable, plural relevancies)
  1. (law, Scotland) Sufficiency (of a statement, claim etc.) to carry weight in law; legal pertinence. Tags: Scotland, countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-relevancy-en-noun-BItYMfe8 Categories (other): Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ancy, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 54 1 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ancy: 56 41 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 58 40 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 48 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 47 1 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 56 40 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 64 34 2 Topics: law
  2. (uncountable) The degree to which a thing is relevant; relevance, applicability. Tags: uncountable Translations (the degrees to which a thing is relevant): relevanttius (Finnish), asiaankuuluvuus (Finnish), pertinence [feminine] (French)
    Sense id: en-relevancy-en-noun-s8wnL5xN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 54 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 48 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 47 1 Disambiguation of 'the degrees to which a thing is relevant': 10 69 21
  3. (countable) A relevant thing. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-relevancy-en-noun-YmYdszGI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: relevant, relevance

Inflected forms

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