appertain
/ˌæpɚˈteɪn/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.16 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Another issue that appertains to the policy under discussion."
- "McInnis reached down and gently raised the old man's head to face him. "Edwin Falkirk, I hereby relieve you of the Directorship of Site-43 under my authority as Administrator of the SCP Foundation. Your security clearance credentials will be revoked in full, and all privileges appertaining to your position are rescinded.""
- "Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber."
- "In this great stretch of country there is no sign of life, nor of anything appertaining to life. There is no bird in the steel-blue heaven, no movement upon the dull, grey earth—above all, there is absolute silence. Listen as one may, there is no shadow of a sound in all that mighty wilderness; nothing but silence—complete and heart-subduing silence."
Etymology
From Middle English apperteinen, apertenen, borrowed from Old French apartenir (French appartenir), from Late Latin appertinēre, from ad (“to”) + Latin pertinēre (“to reach to, belong”). More at pertain.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌæpɚˈteɪn/
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Synonyms
Antonyms
be irrelevant