Partial
['pɑːʃ(ə)l] or ['pɑrʃəl]
Definition
(adj.) being or affecting only a part; not total; 'a partial description of the suspect'; 'partial collapse'; 'a partial eclipse'; 'a partial monopoly'; 'partial immunity' .
(adj.) showing favoritism .
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Definition
(n.) Of, pertaining to, or affecting, a part only; not general or universal; not total or entire; as, a partial eclipse of the moon.
(n.) Inclined to favor one party in a cause, or one side of a question, more then the other; baised; not indifferent; as, a judge should not be partial.
(n.) Having a predelection for; inclined to favor unreasonably; foolishly fond.
(n.) Pertaining to a subordinate portion; as, a compound umbel is made up of a several partial umbels; a leaflet is often supported by a partial petiole.
Typist: Montague
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Incomplete, imperfect, limited, not entire, not total, not general, not universal.[2]. Biassed, prejudiced, prepossessed, warped, interested, unfair, unjust, one-sided, not indifferent.
Typist: Wilhelmina
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Restricted, local, peculiar, specific, favoring, inequitable, unfair, biased,particular
ANT:Unrestricted, total, universal, general, impartial, equitable, just, fair,unbiased
Edited by Gillian
Definition
adj. relating to a part only: not total or entire: inclined to favour one person or party: having a preference: (bot.) subordinate.—v.t. Par′tialise (Shak.) to render partial.—ns. Par′tialism the doctrine of the Partialists; Par′tialist one who holds that the atonement of Christ was made only for a part of mankind; Partial′ity state or quality of being partial: liking for one thing more than for others.—adv. Par′tially.
Checked by Antoine
Examples
- Many efforts have been made to overcome this defect, but as yet with only partial success. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The partial statement of natural development takes the primitive powers in an alleged spontaneous development as the end-all. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Whitney had fought long and hard, and had at last received at least partial justice. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- From Aucassin to Nietzsche men have resented it as a partial and stunting dream. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Through the window was seen the interior of a cathedral, undergoing partial repair, with the figures of two or three workmen resting from their labour. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- A mother is never partial, said Mr. Farebrother, smiling. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The League is at present a mere partial league of governments and states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- To the one who is learning, it is fluid, partial, and connected through his personal occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- In a short restless interval of sensibility, or partial sensibility, I made out that he asked for you to be brought to sit by him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This was a partial concession to the natural political map, but much blood had still to run before the Turk was altogether expelled from these lands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He wanted to get a particular compound having definite qualities, and I had tried in all sorts of ways to produce it but with only partial success. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The navy had been making strenuous exertions to seal the harbor of Wilmington, but with only partial effect. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It may be that several partial leagues may precede any world league. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Lady Jane can play, sir, at the game to which you state that you are so partial, Pitt said haughtily. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But Becky was left with a sad sad reputation in the esteem of a country gentleman and relative who had been once rather partial to her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Editor: Tracy