Associations to the word «Pertinence»

Wiktionary

PERTINENCE, noun. The quality of being pertinent.

Dictionary definition

PERTINENCE, noun. Relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky