pertain
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French partenir (modern French appartenir), in turn from Latin pertineō, pertinēre.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪn
Verb
pertain (third-person singular simple present pertains, present participle pertaining, simple past and past participle pertained)
Usage notes
- In all the above senses, pertain is followed by to (or formerly by unto, as in The King James Version of The Bible and in the plays of Shakespeare, although to is used in these works as well).
Quotations
(relate):
- 1989, Sort out any booklets or manuals that pertain to the heating system or any other fixture that you are leaving behind. — One's company, Underwood, Lynn, Southampton: Ashford.
Synonyms
Antonyms
- be irrelevant
Related terms
Translations
to belong
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to relate, to refer
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Translations to be checked: "to relate, to refer"
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