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Meaning of partial | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1 Standard
ˈpɑɹʃəl

Definitions

  1. Existing as a part or portion; incomplete.
  2. partial (part of a whole)
  3. Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
  4. partial, biased (not impartial)
  5. Biased in favor of a person, side, or point of view, especially when dealing with a competition or dispute.
  6. mid-term
  7. Having a predilection for something.
  8. set
  9. Of or relating to a partial derivative or partial differential.
  10. Subordinate.
  11. Having a wordplay element, but no definition.

Equivalents

Deutsch voreingenommen
Français attiré partial
Nederlands partijdig
Português parcial

Examples

“So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.”
“It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.”
“The referee is blatantly partial!”
“God is not partial; he does not play favorites.”
“17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter partial parent”
“not partial to an ostentatious display”
“But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.”
“Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues.”
“Fourteen solutions are men of a kind. Each begins with a different letter, and their (partial) clues begin with the same letter as their solutions.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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