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Definitions
constituting or comprising a part or fraction of a possible whole or entirety
Word origin
From Middle English partiall, parcial, from Old French parcial (“biased or particular”), from Late Latin partiālis (“of or pertaining to a part”), from Latin pars (“part”).
Used in a sentence
“So far, I have only pieced together a partial account of the incident.”
“It's easy to prove partial correctness, but it's not obvious that it is also totally correct.”
“The referee is blatantly partial!”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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