germane

[US]/dʒɜː'meɪn/
[UK]/dʒɝ'men/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. relevant, appropriate

Example Sentences

It is important to keep the discussion germane to the topic at hand.

Please try to ask questions that are germane to the presentation.

His comments were not germane to the current situation.

The new evidence is germane to the ongoing investigation.

Let's focus on information that is germane to the project.

Her suggestions were not germane to the problem we are trying to solve.

We need to stick to points that are germane to the agenda.

The judge only allows questions that are germane to the case.

His experience in marketing is germane to the job he applied for.

The professor asked us to focus on issues that are germane to the research question.

Real-world Examples

That's really germane to this whole discussion right now.

Source: BBC Listening September 2014 Compilation

So how might this be germane here?

Source: CS50

28. What does the underlined word " germane" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

Source: 2021 Beijing Examination Real Questions

But when it talks about these publicly, it is mostly because they are germane to its business.

Source: Economist Business

It is the second factor, which probably played a predominant part in the nineteenth century, and might again, that is germane to this discussion.

Source: Employment, Interest, and General Theory of Money (Part II)

" Well, well, " said the lady; " all this, though deeply interesting is not germane to our affair. I must tell you my history" .

Source: Three mysterious people

Yet she could not bear the idea that these structures, so germane to the events of their romance, should be removed as if removed for ever.

Source: Lovers in the Tower (Part Two)

The call for public engagement with the unthinkable is especially germane in this moment of still-uncontrolled pandemic and economic crises in the world's most technologically advanced nations.

Source: 2021 Beijing Examination Real Questions

So part of effective crisis management is to have your finger on the pulse of each one of those constituencies, and what elements of the crisis are going to be germane to each constituency, to a greater or lesser degree.

Source: Quick thinking, smart communication.

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