germane
closely or significantly related; relevant; pertinent: Please keep your statements germane to the issue.
Obsolete. closely related.
Origin of germane
1Other words for germane
Other words from germane
- ger·mane·ly, adverb
- ger·mane·ness, noun
- non·ger·mane, adjective
- un·ger·mane, adjective
Words Nearby germane
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How to use germane in a sentence
That’s not actually very germane to the core design of the car, but it’s a necessary evil to specify the car.
Sustainability starts in the design process, and AI can help | MIT Technology Review Insights | January 19, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewSo the question of real-world impact was just not germane at all.
This Week’s Awesome Tech Stories From Around the Web (Through October 30) | Singularity Hub Staff | October 30, 2021 | Singularity HubThe app said some other things that didn’t seem germane, and I turned it off, for once in my life satisfied with what I had.
Checking into a haunted hotel? Here’s how to make the most of it. | Liz Langley | October 29, 2021 | Washington PostSo perhaps the show’s most germane aspect is not the towering scale of its largest pieces, but its collaboration of techniques.
In the galleries: A heightened homage to trees and what they can teach us | Mark Jenkins | May 7, 2021 | Washington Postgermane and relevant in their way, but wielding a different methodology.
When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive | Laurence Maslon | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
The captions have that jarring omniscient-narrator tone germane to tabloids.
French President François Hollande Slams Affair Allegations | Tracy McNicoll | January 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut he already repulses me for other reasons that are far more germane to the presidency.
Certain to avoid talking politics in front of the hypersensitive cameras, Boehner opted for the more germane.
That means his character and beliefs are more germane to her candidacy than those of other political spouses.
The subject assigned me is incidental rather than germane to the work of this Congress.
The series of resolutions, as introduced by the honorable Senator from Mississippi, are germane one to the other.
A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention | Lucius Eugene ChittendenThou germane prince of plants, each year to thee,Thousands of subjects grant a subsidy.
On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, | Samuel FeltonOne is not the incident of the other, nor in any respect germane to the other.
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume VIII (of 20) | Charles SumnerThis is a digression, but very germane to the matter in hand.
My Experiences in a Lunatic Asylum | Herman Charles Merivale
British Dictionary definitions for germane
/ (dʒɜːˈmeɪn) /
(postpositive usually foll by to) related (to the topic being considered); akin; relevant: an idea germane to the conversation
Origin of germane
1Derived forms of germane
- germanely, adverb
- germaneness, noun
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