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Relevant To: Standard Pattern

Relevant To: Standard Pattern records the directly documented Cambridge construction and avoids turning a usage pattern into an unsupported universal prohibition.

Quick answer

Cambridge documents “relevant to” for something connected with the subject, situation, or purpose being considered.

Key details

Confusion Familyusage-construction
Rule Familyadjective complement
Termsrelevant to

Further guidance

Construction

Cambridge documents relevant to for something connected with the matter being discussed or considered.

Style Boundary

This page records the supported relevant-to construction without inventing a universal contrast against other wording.

Sources and evidence

Sources are shown with the role they play in this guide. Historical or style-sensitive claims are kept within the evidence boundary described above.

  1. relevant — Cambridge Dictionary (opens in a new tab)Cambridge University Press · Cambridge dictionary evidence for the adjective construction relevant to something.

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