partial

noun

: overtone sense 1a

Examples of partial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Because female CEOs may already lead the way on gender equity and social responsibility, research partials out their independent influence to isolate the CEO daughter effect. —Corinne Post, Forbes.com, 20 May 2026

The next two solar eclipses are partials on March 29, 2025 (Europe, northern Asia, north and west Africa, North America, northern South America, the Atlantic and Arctic) and Sept. 21, 2025 (southern Australia, the Pacific, the Atlantic and Antarctica). —Jamie Carter, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024

The journals’ reviewers wanted complete genome sequences, but the team had only partials. —David Quammen, New York Times, 25 July 2023

The free services provided by dentists from South Florida including cleanings, fillings, extractions, pediatric dentistry, root canals, and a limited number of dentures and partials. —Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 21 Feb. 2023

Word History

Etymology

First Known Use

1873, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing partial

• partial-birth abortion
• partial denture
• partial derivative
• partial differential equation
• partial differentiation
• partial fraction
• partial pressure
• partial product
• partial to

Rhymes for partial

• marshal
• parshall
• impartial

Kids Definition

partial

adjective

par·​tial

ˈpär-shəl

1

: inclined to favor one side over another : biased

2

: fond of someone or something

partial to pizza

3

: relating to or being a part rather than the whole : not total or complete

a partial eclipse

a partial rhyme

partially

ˈpärsh-(ə-)lē

adverb