partial
37
4.5
- adjective
- /ˈpɑːrʃəl/
:
aficionado a
- Prior to that, she'd been partial to Gilbert and Sullivan and the Beatles.
But then I'm also partial to a tie in a suit.
- But then I'm also partial to a tie in a suit.
- To say I'm partial to opaque objects.
- They have big flowers that don't fade and I just, I'm I'm partial to that color.
- Then we got so if you watch Power Rangers, I think I was a little partial to the Pink Ranger, but Yellow Ranger was pretty awesome too.
- Riley made me realise that I am partial to a bitter puss.
Examples
-
There is one Ethan Allen story that I'm very partial to.
-
Some of you must be partial to a bacon sarnie?
-
I am quite partial to them, actually.
-
But then I'm also partial to a tie in a suit.
-
There was that period you went through, where you were partial to salmon.
-
I'm terribly partial to animals.
-
I'm kind of partial to blonde myself.
-
Not that I don't love the West Coast, but I'm sort of partial to the East.
-
I'm partial to Oscar Wilde's version.
-
I'm really partial to chocolate ice cream; it's my favorite dessert.
Synonyms
223
1.0
Like someone or something in a warm way
35
8.0
Too kind to someone and not strict when they behave badly
Feeling close to someone or something
Antonyms
Compounds
11
9.9
A medical procedure late in pregnancy where the unborn baby is partly delivered and then removed
- Specialized
1
9.6
An equation that shows how a value changes when two or more things change
1
5.9
An event when one object in the sky blocks only part of another, leaving some still visible
- Jargon
1
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
- Specialized
A thin skin that covers a young mushroom and breaks to leave a ring on the stem
How Fond
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Partial used in the phrase 'partial to' means you like something. A helpful way to remember this is to think you keep a 'part' of your heart for it.