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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024par•tial /ˈpɑrʃəl/USA pronunciation adj. - being in part only; incomplete:partial payment.
- biased or prejudiced in favor of one person, etc., over another:The judge was partial.
See impartial.
Idioms- Idioms partial to, [ be + ~] favoring;
especially fond of:is partial to vanilla ice cream.
par•ti•al•i•ty /pɑrʃiˈælɪti/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]showed partiality in hiring his friend's son for the position. par•tial•ly, adv.: The sun was partially blocked by the clouds.See -par-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024par•tial (pär′shəl),USA pronunciation adj. - being such in part only;
not total or general;
incomplete:partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt. - biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy:a partial witness.
- pertaining to or affecting a part.
- being a part;
component;
constituent. - Botanysecondary or subordinate:a partial umbel.
- Idioms partial to, having a liking or preference for;
particularly fond of:I'm partial to chocolate cake.
n. - Games[Bridge.]part-score.
- Music and Dance[Acoustics, Music.]See partial tone.
- Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part, equivalent. to Latin parti- (stem of pars) part + -ālis -al1
- Middle French
- late Middle English parcial biased, particular 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unfinished, imperfect, limited.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged one-sided, unfair, unjust.
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged complete.
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged unbiased, fair.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: partial /ˈpɑːʃəl/ adj - relating to only a part; not general or complete: a partial eclipse
- biased: a partial judge
- (postpositive) followed by to: having a particular liking (for)
- designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time
n
Also called: partial tone any of the component tones of a single musical sound, including both those that belong to the harmonic series of the sound and those that do not- a partial derivative
Etymology: 15th Century: from Old French parcial, from Late Latin partiālis incomplete, from Latin pars partˈpartially adv ˈpartialness n USAGE
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