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partial

par·tial
P p

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [pahr-shuh l]
    • /ˈpɑr ʃəl/
    • /ˈpɑː.ʃəl/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [pahr-shuh l]
    • /ˈpɑr ʃəl/

Definitions of partial word

  • adjective partial being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt. 1
  • adjective partial biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in a controversy: a partial witness. 1
  • adjective partial pertaining to or affecting a part. 1
  • adjective partial being a part; component; constituent. 1
  • adjective partial Botany. secondary or subordinate: a partial umbel. 1
  • noun partial Bridge. part-score. 1
See all 26 definitions of partial

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Origin of partial

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; late Middle English parcial biased, particular < Middle French < Late Latin partiālis pertaining to a part, equivalent to Latin parti- (stem of pars) part + -ālis -al1

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Parts of speech for Partial

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Partial

partial popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 91% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

partial usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for partial

adj partial

  • affectionate — If you are affectionate, you show your love or fondness for another person in the way that you behave towards them.
  • all over — All over a place means in every part of it.
  • anti-semitic — Someone or something that is anti-Semitic is hostile to or prejudiced against Jewish people.
  • bigoted — Someone who is bigoted has strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions and will not change them, even when they are proved to be wrong.
  • bitty — If you say that something is bitty, you mean that it seems to be formed from a lot of different parts which you think do not fit together or go together well.

noun partial

  • dental implant — artificial tooth fixed into the jaw
  • dental plate — a dental prosthesis; denture.
  • false teeth — dentures
  • fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
  • dentures — Dentures are artificial teeth worn by people who no longer have all their own teeth.

adjective partial

  • coloured — Something that is coloured a particular colour is that colour.
  • compartmental — divided into compartments: a compartmental office; a compartmental agency.
  • compartmented — Divided into compartments.
  • depthless — immeasurably deep; fathomless
  • distorted — not truly or completely representing the facts or reality; misrepresented; false: She has a distorted view of life.
All 57 Synonyms of partial

Antonyms for partial

adj partial

  • above board — An arrangement or deal that is above board is legal and is being carried out honestly and openly.
  • absolute — Absolute means total and complete.
  • absolutist — the principle or the exercise of complete and unrestricted power in government.
  • abstinent — forbearance from any indulgence of appetite, especially from the use of alcoholic beverages: total abstinence.
  • achromic — colourless

adjective partial

  • coldblooded — having a body temperature that fluctuates, approximating that of the surrounding air, land, or water
  • embracive — (archaic) Disposed to embrace; fond of caressing.
  • entire — An uncastrated male horse.
  • equal — Being the same in quantity, size, degree, or value.
  • equanimous — Calm and composed; of stable disposition.
All 109 Antonyms of partial

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Related words

  • dalton's law

    the principle that the pressure exerted by a mixture of gases in a fixed volume is equal to the sum of the pressures that each gas would exert if it occupied the whole volume

  • suck

    to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.

  • around

    To be positioned around a place or object means to surround it or be on all sides of it. To move around a place means to go along its edge, back to your starting point.

  • dusk

    the state or period of partial darkness between day and night; the dark part of twilight.

  • henry's law

    the principle that at a constant temperature the concentration of a gas dissolved in a fluid with which it does not combine chemically is almost directly proportional to the partial pressure of the gas at the surface of the fluid.

  • ordinary differential equation

    Mathematics. an equation containing derivatives but not partial derivatives.
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