- not complete or whole
- It was only a partial solution to the problem.
- a partial eclipse of the sun
Extra Examples- His efforts met with only partial success.
- Our success was only partial.
- They received partial compensation of £5 000.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- remain
- only
- somewhat
- necessarily
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- [not before noun] partial to somebody/something (old-fashioned) liking somebody/something very much
- I'm not partial to mushrooms.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc2- He's very partial to ice cream.
- I'm especially partial to Latin American music.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- very
- especially
- somewhat
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- to
- [not usually before noun] partial (towards somebody/something) (disapproving) showing or feeling too much support for one person, team, idea, etc., in a way that is unfair
- The resulting assessment is necessarily partial and subjective.
Word Originlate Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French parcial (sense (3)), French partiel (sense (1)), from late Latin partialis, from pars, part- ‘part’.
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