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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
not complete.
a partial victory- synonyms:
- incomplete, limited, unfinished
- antonyms:
- absolute, complete, entire, grand, out-and-out, thorough, total, whole, wholesale
- similar words:
- deficient, fragmentary, imperfect, insufficient, lacking
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| definition 2: |
having prejudice; biased.
The judge was partial to the prosecution.- synonyms:
- biased, partisan, predisposed, prejudiced
- antonyms:
- disinterested, impartial, just
- similar words:
- interested, jaundiced, one-sided, preferential, slanted, uneven, unjust
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| definition 3: |
being favorably disposed.
partial to her cheesecake- synonyms:
- fond, inclined
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| definition 4: |
of or relating to a part.
- antonyms:
- blanket
- similar words:
- component, constituent, fractional
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| related words: |
party, rough |
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| derivations: |
partially (adv.), partialness (n.) |
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