pertain
Meaning of pertain
verb
- be appropriate, related, or applicable to.
matters pertaining to the organization of government
- be in effect or existence in a specified place or at a specified time.
their economic circumstances are vastly different from those which pertained in their land of origin
late Middle English: from Old French partenir, from Latin pertinere ‘extend to, have reference to’, from per- ‘through’ + tenere ‘to hold’.
Information about pertain
- It is a verb.
- The plural form of pertain is: pertains.
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Hyphenation of pertain
per-tain
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- pertain is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
pertain synonyms
Meaning refer:
Meaning appertain:
Meaning have an effect on; make a difference to:
Meaning have or include (something) as a necessary or integral part or result:
Meaning put something on top of or in front of (something), especially in order to protect or conceal it:
Meaning consider or think of in a specified way:
Meaning have objective reality or being:
Meaning get, acquire, or secure (something):
Meaning prove more powerful or superior:
Translation of pertain
- Spanish: pertenecer, concernir, corresponder, incumbir, competer
- French: appartenir, concerner
- German: betreffen
- Italian: toccare, importare, interessare
- Portuguese: concernir
Anagrams of pertain
Painter, painter, Petrina, Pterian, repaint
Words that rhyme with pertain
tain, Patain, copatain, obtain, preobtain, reobtain, betain, detain, predetain, retain, chieftain, Britain, Maritain, britain, huitain, Mountain, catamountain, contain, fountain, intermountain, maintain, mountain, plantain, precontain, premaintain, quintain, remaintain, submountain, transmountain, undermountain, upmountain, Potain, chevrotain, infotain, Captain, Ptain, captain, cocaptain, subcaptain, undercaptain, McCurtain, appertain, ascertain, certain, curtain, discurtain, encurtain, entertain, incertain, incurtain
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