Partial Meaning
/ˈpɑɹʃəl/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjExisting as a part or portion; incomplete.
adjDescribing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates.
Sentence Examples
My wife is partial to apple pie.
It was a partial success.
It was only a partial solution to the problem.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge was accused of being ____ because he favored his friend in court.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge recused herself because she feared appearing ____ due to her prior relationship with the defendant.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"17th century, Alexander Pope, a letter
partial parent"
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"not partial to an ostentatious display"
— 1815 February 24, [Walter Scott], Guy Mannering; or, The Astrologer. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and Archibald Constable and Co., […], →OCLC:
"But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out."
— 1817, Jane Austen, chapter 6, in Pride and Prejudice, page 32:
"Twelve six- letter lights form a group; these have only partial clues."
— 1982 07, The Listener:
"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."
— 1996 February 5, “New York Magazine”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), page 103:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The judge was accused of being ____ because he favored his friend in court.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The judge recused herself because she feared appearing ____ due to her prior relationship with the defendant.