partial
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3.4
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːrʃəl/
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parcial
- The report provided only partial data, which made it hard to draw conclusions.
- partial credit
- partial support
- only partial
They are going to allow partial transfers, which is good news.
- They are going to allow partial transfers, which is good news.
- A free trade area is a partial and reversible arrangement.
- So yes, there's partial fix and there are some still outstanding.
- People are very uncomfortable with partial solutions.
- So I'm hoping that they'll give me a partial rebate on that.
- And I tried to explain, and I think it got some partial traction.
- The global bankruptcy of techniques, he says, is as clearly discernible as are its partial successes.
- So I think that's where it becomes hard, paying full attention instead of paying partial attention.
- Maybe not a full man, but a partial man fight another woman.
- Armenia is in ruins and partial starvation.
- All right, so the cure for a full banking system failure is a partial banking system failure.
Examples
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And I know she has at least partial vision back in the bad eye.
Fiction book (1998) -
Like I said, great area where you give yourself partial credit for an attempt.
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People are very uncomfortable with partial solutions.
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The reasons are still mysterious, but one could point to a couple of partial factors.
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The results of this study suggest that there may be partial support for this notion.
Academic text (2008) -
All I need is just partial ownership of the building, a silent partnership.
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They are going to allow partial transfers, which is good news.
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The basic level indicates only partial mastery of the knowledge that is required for that grade level.
Academic text (2013) -
I'm the only one from all the classes, and I think they're willing to give me a partial scholarship.
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In the past we've seen things like the National Park Service being shut down due to partial government shutdowns.
Synonyms
117
3.4
Not finished because some parts or steps are missing
13
5.0
Part of something that is less than the whole
5
7.0
Has small parts that are not whole or joined
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Compounds
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9.9
A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
- Specialized
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9.6
An equation that shows how a value changes when two or more things change
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5.9
An event when one object in the sky blocks only part of another, leaving some still visible
- Jargon
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8.7
A decision that says a person is guilty of some crimes but not others in the same trial
- Specialized
Total pressure of a gas mixture equals sum of pressures each gas would have alone under the same conditions
- Specialized
In a gas mixture, total pressure equals the sum of pressures each gas would make alone
- Specialized
A method to measure the relationship between two ranked variables while keeping other variables the same
- Jargon
A break of a contract that does not end it but lets the harmed person ask for money
- Specialized
How two things are related after removing the effect of a third thing
- Specialized
How fast a function with two or more variables changes when one variable changes and others stay the same
- Specialized
A higher sound made when the main note vibrates a whole number of times
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A thin skin that covers a young mushroom and breaks to leave a ring on the stem
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Etymology
Partial comes from a Latin word meaning 'part', the same idea as the English word part. So partial means only a 'part' of something, not complete.