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Partial Partiality I Adjective Refer Complete Managed Reach

word partial
definition
adjective
You use partial to refer to something that is not complete or whole .
He managed to reach a partial agreement with both republics.
...a partial ban on the use of cars in the city.
...partial blindness.
If you are partial to something, you like it.
He's partial to sporty women with blue eyes.
Mollie confesses she is rather partial to pink.
I am partial to baking cookies.
He has a great partiality for chocolate biscuits.
Someone who is partial supports a particular person or thing, for example in a competition or dispute, instead of being completely fair .
I might be accused of being partial.
She is criticized by some others for her one-sidedness and partiality.
inflections partialitypartiality
cefr-level C1

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