Usually means: Relevant and appropriate to subject.
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We found 28 dictionaries that define the word Germane:

General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. germane: Merriam-Webster
  2. germane: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. germane: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. germane: Collins English Dictionary
  5. germane: Vocabulary.com
  6. Germane, germane: Wordnik
  7. germane: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. germane: Wiktionary
  9. germane: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. germane: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. germane: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Germane, germane: Dictionary.com
  13. germane: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Germane: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Germane: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. germane: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Germane: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  18. germane: FreeDictionary.org
  19. germane: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. germane: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. germane: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. germane: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. C-SPAN Congressional Glossary (No longer online)
  3. germane: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. germane: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. germane: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (germane)

▸ adjective:  Related to a topic of discussion or consideration.
▸ noun:  (inorganic chemistry) germanium tetrahydride, GeH₄
▸ noun:  (organic chemistry, especially in combination) Any organic derivative of this compound.

Similar:
relevant, related, on-topic, topical, pertinent, discussional, German, relavant, germinal, thematic, more...

Opposite:
irrelevant, inapplicable, inappropriate, inconsequential, insignificant, irrevelant

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relevant, irrelevant, pertinent, inapplicable, irrevelant, irrelevent, more...

Phrases:
not germane, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, melancholy, content, like, only, particular, additional, pictorial, ancient, exogenous
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Similar:
relevant, related, on-topic, topical, pertinent, discussional, German, relavant, germinal, thematic, more...

Opposite:
irrelevant, inapplicable, inappropriate, inconsequential, insignificant, irrevelant

Types:
relevant, irrelevant, pertinent, inapplicable, irrevelant, irrelevent, more...

Phrases:
not germane, more...

Adjectives:
more, less, melancholy, content, like, only, particular, additional, pictorial, ancient, exogenous



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