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Definition of germane in English: germaneadjective dʒəːˈmeɪndʒərˈmeɪn Relevant to a subject under consideration. （与相关主题）有关的 that is not germane to our theme 这和我们的主题无关。 Example sentencesExamples - It may not be one that's germane to the story but it will get the subject talking freely - and that's a detour well worth taking.
- This is a highly germane consideration for an economy on the threshold of emerging market style debt trap dynamics.
- The show reads as a who's who of the contemporary South African art family with germane examples selected from dozens of possibilities.
- It is germane to consider what observations might actually require, or provide support for, this scenario.
- It deals with a subject inherently germane to every military officer, no matter the service.
- Professor Crout delivered his remarks, which were certainly germane to the subject.
- Unfortunately, many of the most interesting and germane points appear in the endnotes.
- A lot of that's just an assessment of his general medical condition and not necessarily germane to the melanoma itself.
- The concept seems very germane to the original post and is explained succinctly.
- As I explained in my last e-mail the first e-mail exchange we had is no longer germane.
- At this stage, however, the more germane question is what consumers will actually do with the incremental cash.
- It takes its data from the 2001 Census; and you can find the germane data here.
- It is therefore necessary that certain points germane to the subject be discussed in detail.
- If that be so, the material contained in the affidavit is material which would be germane to the question whether the Court would or would not adopt that course.
- I think they're germane and they help explain what's going on here.
- It would have been more germane to ask, How do we know he's not still there?
- A number of determinants were considered germane in the selection of mediation for commercial disputes.
- If the health service is to make progress towards such a goal, a number of considerations are germane.
- We, on the other hand, believe that the comparison is highly germane.
- Frankly, they backed into their mollusc caves round about May and emerge only when I manage to procure a germane species of earth worm from my back yard.
Synonyms relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite, material apropos, to the point, to the purpose, admissible appropriate, apt, fitting, suitable, suited, proper, felicitous connected, related, linked, akin, allied, analogous Latin ad rem rare appurtenant
Derivativesadverb Normally, taxonomies are composed by experts, as when a librarian enters a book into a catalogue and picks the keywords that most germanely identify the book. Example sentencesExamples - I think both approaches are useful to understanding games, though I lean towards ludology as more germanely important.
- The final segment was introduced by the former commissioner of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and, more germanely, General Manager of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Even more germanely, in his essays, he condemns the appropriation of Native stories by nonAboriginal writers as well as the latter's pretence of going Native.
- Heidegger has no way in his thinking to meaningfully discuss the death (and more germanely, the murder) of others.
noun The importance of germaneness in the Senate is viewed by some to be critical to democracy. Example sentencesExamples - He didn't include the little caveat about ‘leave others to decide germaneness’ on the air.
- Nonetheless, the topic is of great germaneness to world politics and should prompt someone else to a more thorough investigation.
- Thus, while the union's showing of germaneness is weak, it is nonetheless sufficient.
- The rule of germaneness applies to an amendment and its relationship to a bill or a pending amendment.
OriginEarly 17th century: variant of german, with which it was synonymous from Middle English. The current sense has arisen from a usage in Shakespeare's Hamlet. Rhymesabstain, appertain, arcane, arraign, ascertain, attain, Bahrain, bane, blain, brain, Braine, Cain, Caine, campaign, cane, cinquain, chain, champagne, champaign, Champlain, Charmaine, chicane, chow mein, cocaine, Coleraine, Coltrane, complain, constrain, contain, crane, Dane, deign, demesne, demi-mondaine, detain, disdain, domain, domaine, drain, Duane, Dwane, Elaine, entertain, entrain, explain, fain, fane, feign, gain, Germaine, grain, humane, Hussein, inane, Jain, Jane, Jermaine, Kane, La Fontaine, lain, lane, legerdemain, Lorraine, main, Maine, maintain, mane, mise en scène, Montaigne, moraine, mundane, obtain, ordain, Paine, pane, pertain, plain, plane, Port-of-Spain, profane, rain, Raine, refrain, reign, rein, retain, romaine, sane, Seine, Shane, Sinn Fein, skein, slain, Spain, Spillane, sprain, stain, strain, sustain, swain, terrain, thane, train, twain, Ujjain, Ukraine, underlain, urbane, vain, vane, vein, Verlaine, vicereine, wain, wane, Wayne Definition of germane in US English: germaneadjectivejərˈmāndʒərˈmeɪn Relevant to a subject under consideration. （与相关主题）有关的 that is not germane to our theme 这和我们的主题无关。 Example sentencesExamples - Professor Crout delivered his remarks, which were certainly germane to the subject.
- The concept seems very germane to the original post and is explained succinctly.
- I think they're germane and they help explain what's going on here.
- Unfortunately, many of the most interesting and germane points appear in the endnotes.
- It is germane to consider what observations might actually require, or provide support for, this scenario.
- If the health service is to make progress towards such a goal, a number of considerations are germane.
- If that be so, the material contained in the affidavit is material which would be germane to the question whether the Court would or would not adopt that course.
- A lot of that's just an assessment of his general medical condition and not necessarily germane to the melanoma itself.
- At this stage, however, the more germane question is what consumers will actually do with the incremental cash.
- We, on the other hand, believe that the comparison is highly germane.
- Frankly, they backed into their mollusc caves round about May and emerge only when I manage to procure a germane species of earth worm from my back yard.
- It would have been more germane to ask, How do we know he's not still there?
- It is therefore necessary that certain points germane to the subject be discussed in detail.
- As I explained in my last e-mail the first e-mail exchange we had is no longer germane.
- It deals with a subject inherently germane to every military officer, no matter the service.
- A number of determinants were considered germane in the selection of mediation for commercial disputes.
- It takes its data from the 2001 Census; and you can find the germane data here.
- This is a highly germane consideration for an economy on the threshold of emerging market style debt trap dynamics.
- The show reads as a who's who of the contemporary South African art family with germane examples selected from dozens of possibilities.
- It may not be one that's germane to the story but it will get the subject talking freely - and that's a detour well worth taking.
Synonyms relevant, pertinent, applicable, apposite, material
OriginEarly 17th century: variant of german, with which it was synonymous from Middle English. The current sense has arisen from a usage in Shakespeare's Hamlet. |