partial

[US]/ˈpɑːʃl/
[UK]/ˈpɑːrʃl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. not complete; biased; showing favoritism.

Phrases & Collocations

partial refund

partial payment

partial view

partial differential

partial discharge

partial differential equation

partial pressure

partial shipment

partial derivative

partial order

partial loss

partial product

partial load

partial eclipse

partial correlation

partial equilibrium

partial difference

partial contents

partial difference equation

partial penetration

Example Sentences

He is partial to sports.

a decision that was partial to the plaintiff.

partial to detective novels.

the total cost. partial

I'm partial to French wine.

the dollar staged a partial recovery.

The research project was only a partial success.

I'm very partial to sweet foods.

I could give it only partial support.

I’m partial to a drink at bedtime.

partial differential equation of hyperbolic type

The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.

a question to which we have only partial answers.

you know I'm very partial to bacon and eggs.

the scheme allows for the partial remission of tuition fees.

the partial remainder is shifted left.

Real-world Examples

Yeah, we got a partial in blood.

Source: Go blank axis version

Now he's going to work down the partials.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

Now we're getting partial official results coming through.

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

Maybe it's based on some partial reality.

Source: The Vampire Diaries Season 1

He's basically working up to the upper partials.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

He barely survived and ended up with partial amnesia.

Source: Steve Jobs Biography

Yes, I'm very partial to country and western music.

Source: Modern University English Intensive Reading (2nd Edition) Volume 4

Statistics offer a partial view of the wreckage.

Source: Time

And most of these are only partial specimens.

Source: A Brief History of Everything

(The chapter on non-linear partial differential equations, to be precise.)

Source: The Economist - Technology

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