{
    "term": "partial",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "not complete or whole",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It was only a partial solution to the problem."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a partial eclipse of the sun"
                },
                {
                    "text": "His efforts met with only partial success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our success was only partial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They received partial compensation of £5 000."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["only", "somewhat", "necessarily"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "liking somebody/something very much",
            "sensetop": "partial to somebody/something",
            "labels": "(old-fashioned)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I'm not partial to mushrooms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's very partial to ice cream."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I'm especially partial to Latin American music."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become"],
                "adverb": ["very", "especially", "somewhat"],
                "preposition": ["to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "showing or feeling too much support for one person, team, idea, etc., in a way that is unfair",
            "sensetop": "partial (towards somebody/something)",
            "labels": "(disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The resulting assessment is necessarily partial and subjective."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "biased"
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːʃl/",
                "audio": "pa/partial/partial__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpɑːrʃl/",
                "audio": "pa/partial/partial__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in sense (3)): from Old French parcial (sense (3)), French partiel (sense (1)), from late Latin partialis, from pars, part- ‘part’."
}