Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To have reference or relevance; relate.
- intransitive verb To belong as an adjunct, part, holding, or quality.
- intransitive verb To be fitting or suitable.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To belong; appertain, as a possession or an adjunct: with to or unto: as, the things which pertain to God.
- To relate; have reference or relation: with to.
- Synonyms To regard, relate to, bear upon, concern.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain
- intransitive verb To have relation or reference to something.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb intransitive to
belong - verb intransitive to
relate , torefer , be relevant to
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb be relevant to
- verb be a part or attribute of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word pertain.
Examples
-
The American Academy of Family Physicians, which has more than 100,000 members, also expressed concerns about how the deal's terms pertain to Medicare.
unknown title 2011
-
But to clarify, Cardinas said only four of the eight models named in the recall pertain to Guam: the 2009-2010 Matrix, the 2007-2010 Tundra, the 2008-2010 Sequoia and the 2005-2010
-
Those terms pertain to only years with salary caps, the league says.
-
Those terms pertain to only years with salary caps, the league says.
-
Those terms pertain to only years with salary caps, the league says.
Fore, right! 2009
-
PACER, the four calls pertain to paragraph 68 (e) of the criminal complaint and are conversations of Blagojevich and other interceptees.
TalkLeft 2009
-
Those terms pertain to only years with salary caps, the league says.
thejetsblog.com 2009
-
I write songs that kind of pertain to where I'm at now.
-
That it is not expedient due to extrajudicial complications, such as pertain to future behaviors of CIA agents and as President Obama alleges, should have no bearing.
-
Why would Silvans "pertain" to Sancus if they are supposed to the one and same god?
milosrdenstvi commented on the word pertain
Can be used as a synonym for 'belong'.
August 15, 2008