pertaining

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pertaining

  • /pɚˈteɪnɪŋ/ US
  • /pəˈteɪnɪŋ/ UK

Rhymes with -eɪn

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of pertain

noun pertainings

  1. Something that pertains; an appurtenance. When, I say, these things are duly considered as pertainings of a woman's lot, we might almost justify them in a riot against natural sexhood itself, if there were any thing to be gained by it.

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Closest in meaning: appertain, refer, relate, bear on, concern, touch on, touch, come to, belonging, applying, relating, applicable, relationship, relation, corresponding, associated

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@misc{pertaining_2026,
  title = {pertaining},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pertaining},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}