pertain

pertain to (someone or something)

To relate to, be relevant to, or have a connection with someone or something. These meetings never pertain to me, but the boss wants me to be there anyway. It was a bizarre scene that didn't seem to pertain to the rest of the film as a whole.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

pertain to someone or something

to relate to someone or something; to have something to do with someone or something. I don't think that anything discussed in this meeting pertained to me. It really doesn't pertain to the matter at hand.
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McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.

pertain to

v.
To be relevant to or concerned with something: In chemistry the word "basic" pertains to substances with a pH factor greater than 7.
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • pertain to
  • pertain to (someone or something)
  • tie in
  • tie in with
  • relate (something) to (something)
  • ardent admirer
  • so much for
  • so much for (someone or something)
  • so much for sb/sth
  • tell (one) about (someone or something)
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Debate 13 pertains to outpatient mental health commitments for clients.
The third component pertains to the methods of study employed in that science.
Given the fact that the structural division of science pertains generally to epistemological issues, it is most appropriate to relate this division to the dimension of religion of Islam dealing with knowledge.
Since the loan has already been funded, the relevance of the analysis pertains to the borrower's ability to contribute to the exit strategy.
One inquiry pertains to allegations of accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income by the PPP leader, while the second pertains to illegal appointments of 352 on government posts.
The article pertains to original jurisdiction of the apex court.
It may kindly be noted that Rule 225 pertains to rules to be observed by members while present in the Senate whereas Rule 255 pertains to sittings in camera of the senate and the disclosure of proceedings and decisions.
The appellate court found that the rent demand and petition met the requirements of law; that is, the tenant was given clear, concise and actual notice of the amount due and the period that the claim pertained to; that additional "ancillary charges" for attorneys' fees and late fees were also itemized in the rent demand did not, in the Appellate Term's view, represent a demand for illegal rent in excess of the rent stabilized maximum.
One inquiry pertained to allegations of accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income, while another pertains to illegal appointments on 352 government posts.
The third inquiry pertains to embezzlement of funds for the construction of the MPA Hostel and the new Sindh Assembly building, as well as the appointment of project directors for these projects.
A major problem of CRTs, adopted on the state level as being mandated, pertains to their lack in having been tried out in pilot studies to take out weak test items, but not to spread pupils out from high to low as is true of standardized tests.
Some of the information discussed at FOMC meetings is inherently confidential - for example, because it pertains to individual firms and was obtained under a promise of confidentiality, or, in some instances, because it pertains to confidential matters in other countries.
ISLAMABAD:The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) arrested Sindh Assembly Speaker Agha Siraj Durrani on Wednesday.The case that led to his arrest pertains to the accumulation of assets beyond known sources of income.
Memon is also facing another case which pertained to his alleged role in getting the state land allotted and adjusted in 43 Dehs at throwaway price for a property developer, depriving the public exchequer of billions of rupees in revenue.
The cases pertained to Police, Irrigation, Agriculture Workshop and Public Health Engineering departments.