Synonyms of the word pertain


PERTAINAPPERTAIN - BELONG - CONCERN - CONSIST - DWELL - LIE - REFER - RELATE - TOUCH

pertain

  • v. (intransitive) to belong to or be a part of; be an adjunct, attribute, or accessory of.
  • v. (intransitive) to relate, to refer, be relevant to.
  • v. (intransitive) To apply; to be or remain in place; to continue to be applicable.

appertain

  • v. To belong to or be a part of, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate to.
  • v. To belong as a part, right, possession, attribute, etc.

belong

  • v. (intransitive) To have its proper place.
  • v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be part of, or the property of.
  • v. (intransitive, followed by to) To be the spouse or partner of.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To be deserved by.
  • prep. (Australian Aboriginal, optionally followed by to) Of, belonging to.

concern

  • n. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone. The adposition before…
  • n. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
  • n. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.
  • n. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
  • v. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of;…
  • v. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
  • v. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

consist

  • v. (obsolete, intransitive) To exist, to be.
  • v. (intransitive) To be comprised or contained in.
  • v. (intransitive) To be composed, formed, or made up of.
  • n. (rail transport) A lineup or sequence of railroad carriages or cars, with or without a locomotive, that…

dwell

  • n. (engineering) A period of time in which a system or component remains in a given state.
  • n. (engineering) A brief pause in the motion of part of a mechanism to allow an operation to be completed.
  • n. (electrical engineering) A planned delay in a timed control program.
  • n. (automotive) In a petrol engine, the period of time the ignition points are closed to let current flow…
  • v. (intransitive, now literary) To live; to reside.
  • v. (intransitive) To linger (on) a particular thought, idea etc.; to remain fixated (on).
  • v. (intransitive, engineering) To be in a given state.
  • v. (intransitive) To abide; to remain; to continue.

lie

  • v. (intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
  • v. (intransitive) To be placed or situated.
  • v. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
  • v. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
  • v. (archaic) To lodge; to sleep.
  • v. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
  • v. (law) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
  • n. (golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.
  • n. (medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.
  • v. (intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.
  • v. (intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.
  • n. An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.
  • n. A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth.
  • n. Anything that misleads or disappoints.

refer

  • v. (transitive) To direct the attention of.
  • v. (transitive) To submit to (another person or group) for consideration; to send or direct elsewhere.
  • v. (transitive) To place in or under by a mental or rational process; to assign to, as a class, a cause,…
  • v. (intransitive, construed with to) To allude to, make a reference or allusion to.
  • v. (grammar) to be referential to another element in a sentence.
  • v. (computing) To address a specific location in computer memory.

relate

  • v. (transitive) To tell in a descriptive way.
  • v. (transitive) To give an association.
  • v. (transitive) To make a connection or correlation from one thing to another.
  • v. (intransitive) To have a connection.
  • v. (intransitive) To interact.
  • v. (intransitive) To respond through reaction.
  • v. (intransitive, with to) To identify with, understand.
  • v. (obsolete) To bring back; to restore.

touch

  • v. Primarily physical senses.
  • v. Primarily non-physical senses.
  • v. To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
  • v. To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
  • v. (obsolete) To infect; to affect slightly.
  • v. To strike; to manipulate; to play on.
  • v. To perform, as a tune; to play.
  • v. To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
  • n. An act of touching, especially with the hand or finger.
  • n. The faculty or sense of perception by physical contact.
  • n. The style or technique with which one plays a musical instrument.
  • n. A distinguishing feature or characteristic.
  • n. A little bit; a small amount.
  • n. The part of a sports field beyond the touchlines or goal-lines.
  • n. A relationship of close communication or understanding.
  • n. The ability to perform a task well; aptitude.
  • n. (obsolete) Act or power of exciting emotion.
  • n. (obsolete) An emotion or affection.
  • n. (obsolete) Personal reference or application.
  • n. A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
  • n. (obsolete) A brief essay.
  • n. (obsolete) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
  • n. (obsolete) Examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
  • n. (music) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument…
  • n. (shipbuilding) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but, or of one worked anchor-stock fashion…
  • n. The children's game of tag.
  • n. (bell-ringing) A set of changes less than the total possible on seven bells, i.e. less than 5,040.
  • n. (slang) An act of borrowing or stealing something.
  • n. (Britain, plumbing, dated) tallow.

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