pertain

Main Entry:
pertain [per-teyn]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be relevant to
Synonyms: affect, appertain, apply, associate, be appropriate, be part of, be pertinent, bear on, befit, belong, combine, concern, connect, inhere with, join, refer, regard, relate, touch, vest
Main Entry: apply
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be appropriate, relevant
Synonyms: affect, allude, appertain, be applicable, be pertinent, bear upon, concern, connect, fit, involve, pertain, refer, regard, relate, suit, touch
Main Entry: belong
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be part of, be in proper place
Synonyms: accord, agree, appertain, apply, associate, attach to, be a component, be a constituent, be a part, be akin, be an adjunct of, be connected with, be fitting, be linked with, be related, be relevant, bear, bear upon, become, befit, chime, concern, correlate, correspond, exist, fit, go, go with, harmonize, have relationship to, have respect to, have to do with, inhere, match, permeate, pertain, refer, regard, reside, set, suit, touch, vest
Main Entry: refer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: concern, apply
Synonyms: answer, appertain, be a matter of, be about, be directed to, be relevant, bear upon, belong, connect, correspond with, cover, deal with, encompass, have a bearing on, have reference, have relation, have to do with, hold, include, incorporate, involve, pertain, point, regard, relate, take in, touch
Notes: allude is 'mention indirectly, hint at' and refer is 'mention directly'
Main Entry: relate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: correlate, pertain
Synonyms: affect, ally, appertain, apply, ascribe, assign, associate, be joined with, be relevant to, bear upon, bracket, combine, compare, concern, conjoin, connect, consociate, coordinate, correspond to, couple, credit, have reference to, have to do with, identify with, impute, interconnect, interdepend, interrelate, join, link, orient, orientate, pertain, refer, tie in with, touch, unite, yoke
Notes: both recount and relate mean 'to tell, to give an account of,' but recount adds the semantic component 'in detail'
Antonyms: dissociate
Main Entry: vest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: authorize, entrust
Synonyms: belong, bestow, confer, consign, empower, endow, furnish, invest, lodge, pertain, place, put in the hands of, settle
Antonyms: disapprove
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