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発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /pəˈteɪn/
• (General American, Canada) IPA: /pɚˈteɪn/
• (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /pəˈtæɪn/
• 韻: -eɪn
• ハイフネーション: per‧tain

動詞

pertain (third-person singular simple present pertains, present participle pertaining, simple past and past participle pertained)

1. (intransitive) To belong to or be connected as a part, adjunct, attribute, or accessory.

   Synonym: belong

   That spare wheel pertains to this car.

2. (intransitive) To relate to, concern, or be relevant to.

   Synonyms: relate, concern

   That question doesn't pertain to the topic, so I'm not going to answer it.

3. (intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.

   Synonym: apply

   • 1996, Macy Nulman, The Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer, page 340:

     An explanation offered is that every Sabbath Va'ani Tefilati is said in praise of the people of Israel, who, though they eat and drink, read the Torah and pray. However, on Yom Kippur this does not pertain.

4. To be appropriate or suitable.

   Synonyms: suit, befit

使用する際の注意点

• In all the above senses, pertain is followed by to (or (archaic or poetic) unto).

引用

(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.

同意語

• appertain

反意語

• be irrelevant

派生語

関連する語

• pertinent
• pertinence
• pertinency

アナグラム

• Painter, Parenti, apterin, painter, parient, pine tar, repaint, terapin