The meaning of PARTIAL is of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total. How to use partial in a sentence.

Of, relating to, being, or affecting only a part; not total; incomplete: The plan calls for partial deployment of missiles. The police have only a partial description of the suspect.

partial adjective (UNFAIR) influenced by the fact that you personally prefer or approve of something, so that you do not judge fairly:

Definition of partial adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

Someone who is partial supports a particular person or thing, for example in a competition or dispute, instead of being completely fair. I might be accused of being partial.

If you describe something as partial, you're usually saying it's just part of the whole, or incomplete. Say someone asks how you started your band and you say, "I bought a guitar." That would be …

especially fond of: is partial to vanilla ice cream. par•ti•al•i•ty /pɑrʃiˈælɪti/ n. [uncountable] showed partiality in hiring his friend's son for the position.

partial, adj. & n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary

You use partial to refer to something that is true or exists to some extent, but is not complete or total.

I'm rather partial to red wine myself. (Definition of partial from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)