in part

English

Prepositional phrase

in part

1. To an extent; not fully.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:partially

   Antonyms: see Thesaurus:completely

   The collision was in part my fault: I was starting to fall asleep at the wheel.

   • 2017 July 15, Harold C Wiesenfeld, Lisa E Manhart, “Mycoplasma genitalium in Women: Current Knowledge and Research Priorities for This Recently Emerged Pathogen”, in The Journal of Infectious Diseases, volume 216, number suppl_2, →DOI, pages S389–S395:

     Cervicitis was initially described >30 years ago as “the ignored counterpart of urethritis in men”, most likely because the 2 syndromes share known etiologies. However, cervicitis differs from male urethritis in that low-grade signs of infection more often go unnoticed, in part due to the need for a speculum exam to observe these.

Translations

to an extent

• Catalan: en part, parcialment (ca)
• Latin: partim
• Spanish: en parte, parcialmente

Further reading

• “in part”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “in part”, in Collins English Dictionary.
• “in part” (US) / “in part” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.
• “in part”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Anagrams

• Partin, Pintar, intrap, partin', priant