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  • 21partial — 01. A new report suggests that a vaccine that offers at least [partial] protection against HIV could be available within a decade. 02. Dave likes blondes, but personally I m [partial] to brunettes. 03. The judge in the figure skating competition… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 22PARTIAL — ALE. adj. (On prononce Parcial. ) Qui s affectionne de préférence, et par esprit de prévention, à une personne, à une opinion, à un parti. Vous n êtes pas croyable, vous êtes partial. Il est bien partial. Il s est montré fort partial dans cette… …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)

  • 23partial — partially, adv. partialness, n. /pahr sheuhl/, adj. 1. being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness; a partial payment of a debt. 2. biased or prejudiced in favor of a person, group, side, etc., over another, as in …

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  • 24partial — adj. 1 not complete VERBS ▪ be ▪ remain ADVERB ▪ only ▪ His efforts met with only partial success. ▪ …

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  • 25partial — par|tial [ parʃl ] adjective ** 1. ) not complete: a partial withdrawal from enemy territory a partial refund 2. ) not usually before noun supporting one person, group, or opinion more than any others when you should be fair to all those involved …

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  • 26partial — /ˈpaʃəl / (say pahshuhl) adjective 1. relating to or affecting a part. 2. being such in part only; not total or general; incomplete: partial blindness. 3. Botany secondary or subordinate: a partial umbel. 4. being a part; component or constituent …

  • 27partial */*/ — UK [ˈpɑː(r)ʃ(ə)l] / US [ˈpɑrʃ(ə)l] adjective 1) not complete a partial withdrawal from enemy territory a partial refund 2) [not usually before noun] supporting one person, group, or opinion more than any others when you should be fair to all… …

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  • 28partial — par|tial [ˈpa:ʃəl US ˈpa:r ] adj 1.) not complete ▪ The exhibition was only a partial success. ▪ a partial solution to traffic congestion in Oxford 2.) be partial to sth formal to like something very much ▪ I m very partial to cream cakes. 3.)… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 29partial — adjective 1 not complete: a partial success | The patient may only make a partial recovery. 2 be partial to sth formal to like something very much: I m very partial to cream cakes. 3 unfairly supporting one person or one side against another… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30partial — 1. adjective a) Existing as a part or portion; incomplete. So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident. b) Describing a property that holds only when an algorithm terminates. Its easy to prove partial correctness, but… …

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