a point germane to the subject

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• germane — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. relevant, pertinent, apropos, to the point. See relation. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [jur MANE] relevant, pertinent. Your comment is not germane to the subject at hand. SYN …   English dictionary for students

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