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partial
[ pahr-shuhl ]
adjective
- being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: a partial payment of a debt.
partial blindness;
a partial payment of a debt.
Synonyms: limited, imperfect, unfinished
Antonyms: complete
- 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.
Antonyms: complete
- being a part; component; constituent.
- Botany. secondary or subordinate:
a partial umbel.
noun
- Bridge. part-score.
- Acoustics, Music. partial tone.
partial
/ ˈpɑːʃəl /
adjective
- relating to only a part; not general or complete
a partial eclipse
- biased
a partial judge
- postpositivefoll byto having a particular liking (for)
- botany
- constituting part of a larger structure
a partial umbel
- used for only part of the life cycle of a plant
a partial habitat
- (of a parasite) not exclusively parasitic
- maths designating or relating to an operation in which only one of a set of independent variables is considered at a time
noun
- Also calledpartial tone music acoustics 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
- maths a partial derivative
Usage
Derived Forms
- ˈpartialness, noun
- ˈpartially, adverb
Other Words From
- par·tial·ly adverb
- par·tial·ness noun
- non·par·tial adjective
- o·ver·par·tial adjective
- o·ver·par·tial·ness noun
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of partial1
Idioms and Phrases
- partial to, having a liking or preference for; particularly fond of:
I'm partial to chocolate cake.
Example Sentences
As the facial nerve was wrapped round the tumour, the 28-year-old was warned surgery could cause partial facial paralysis, which could prevent her from being able to smile.
But for all that, Western diplomats said the idea of a partial truce was not entirely "blue-skies thinking" by President Macron - a man known for floating ideas at international summits.
They instead settled on partial payment, with the outstanding balance to be paid at a later date.
Among the credible, compelling locations, I’m partial to a shot where Long pulls into a weary strip mall and we see a bakery window crowded with model cakes.
CBS News has acknowledged that it aired a partial answer by Harris to a question asked during the October “60 Minutes” interview.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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