applicability
applicability — noun
1. the quality of being relevant or able to be used in a specific situation, proble
the quality of being relevant or able to be used in a specific situation, problem, or case
The judge questioned the applicability of the old rule to online sales.
pattern: applicability of [rule] to [case]
The plan's applicability is limited in small village schools with one teacher.
collocation: limited applicability
Researchers tested the applicability of the model in real hospital settings.
The guide has wide applicability for parents, teachers, and camp leaders.
Debate over the law's applicability delayed the museum project for months.
- relevance
focuses more on whether something matters to the topic, not whether it can be used
- suitability
often stresses being a good choice, not specifically applying to a case
- usefulness
is broader and less formal than applicability
- pertinence
is a formal word mainly for direct relation to the matter being discussed
- inapplicability
means that something does not fit or cannot be used in that case
- irrelevance
focuses on not being connected to the matter at hand
文法句型
the applicability of something to something
wide applicability
limited applicability
用法筆記
Common in formal, academic, and legal writing. It often appears in the pattern applicability of X to Y when you are asking whether a rule, idea, or method fits a particular case.