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applicable adjective [ əˈplɪkəb(ə)l ]

• relevant or appropriate.
• "the same considerations are equally applicable to accident claims"
Similar: relevant, appropriate, pertinent, apposite, germane, material, felicitous, significant, related, connected, apropos of, fitting, suitable, apt, befitting, to the point, to the purpose, useful, helpful, of use, ad rem, appurtenant,
Opposite: inappropriate, irrelevant,
Origin: mid 16th century (in the sense ‘compliant’): from Old French, or from medieval Latin applicabilis, from the verb applicare (see apply).


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