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NOUN:1. Behavior through which one reveals one's personality: address, air, demeanor, manner, mien, presence, style. Archaic : port. See BE, STYLE. 2. One's place and direction relative to one's surroundings. Often used in plural: location, orientation, position, situation. See PLACE. 3. The compass direction in which a ship or an aircraft moves: course, heading, vector. See APPROACH. 4. The fact of being related to the matter at hand: applicability, application, appositeness, concernment, germaneness, materiality, pertinence, pertinency, relevance, relevancy. See RELEVANT.
 
 
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