partialadjective
uk/ˈpɑː.ʃəl/us/ˈpɑːr.ʃəl/partial adjective (NOT COMPLETE)
B2 not complete:
The general has ordered a partial withdrawal of troops from the area.
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- On Wednesday there will be a partial eclipse of the sun.
- a partial mastectomy
- There has been a partial withdrawal from enemy territory.
- Unfortunately, this is only a partial solution to the problem.
- The operation was only a partial success.
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Incomplete
- extent
- fragmentary
- imperfect
- imperfection
- in a manner of speaking idiom
- incomplete
- long
- long story short idiom
- part
- partially
- partly
- patchy
- point
- scratch/scrape the surface idiom
- semi
- surface
- unfinished
- up to a point idiom
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partial adjective (UNFAIR)
influenced by the fact that you personally prefer or approve of something, so that you do not judge fairly:
The reporting in the papers is entirely partial and makes no attempt to be objective.
Opposite
impartial
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Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- arbitrary
- be a bit much idiom
- bias
- biased
- favouritism
- ghettoize
- hate crime
- inequitable
- inequity
- prejudicial
- sexism
- sexist
- shortchange
- slant
- unfair
- unjust
- unprovoked
- unsportsmanlike
- you're having a laugh idiom
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partial adjective (LIKING)
[ after verb ] old-fashioned or formal having a liking for something:
I'm not partial to fish.
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Liking
- affection
- attached
- be a glutton for sth idiom
- be a hit with sb idiom
- be big on sth idiom
- grow
- grow on sb
- have a lot of time for sb idiom
- have a thing about sth/sb idiom
- heart
- hit
- lick your lips idiom
- liking
- soft corner
- soft spot
- take a shine to sb idiom
- take to sb/sth
- taken
- thing
- warm
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