pertain meaning

• Verb: pertain  pur'teyn
  1. Be relevant to
     "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"
     - refer, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have to do with 
  2. Be a part or attribute of
     - appertain

  Derived forms: pertaining, pertained, pertains

  See also: pertinency, pertinent

  Type of: belong, belong to

  Encyclopedia: Pertain

• pertain to:    pertain to sth us ...
• pertain to so or sth:    [American slang]to ...

Examples

1. it does not pertain to you to instruct him.
2. this pertains to sadness or joy.
3. all these stress states pertain to the same load.
4. the imaginary elements pertain to a condition or state of a figure.
5. the following details pertain primarily to the critical-depth flume.