adj
Meaning 1
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biased
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
bias
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CMU ARPABET: B AY1 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Synonym of biased (“exhibiting bias; prejudiced”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: biased
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 4
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- to cut cloth bias
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 5
One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene, living in the 6th century BCE.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
name
Meaning 6
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 7
Inclination towards something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predisposition, partiality, prejudice, preference, predilection
Antonyms: balance
noun
Meaning 8
The diagonal line between warp and weft in a woven fabric.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 9
A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (such as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
A voltage or current applied to an electronic device, such as a transistor electrode, to move its operating point to a desired part of its transfer function.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 11
The difference between the expectation of the sample estimator and the true population value, which reduces the representativeness of the estimator by systematically distorting it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, statistics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 12
In the games of crown green bowls and lawn bowls: a weight added to one side of a bowl so that as it rolls, it will follow a curved rather than a straight path; the oblique line followed by such a bowl; the lopsided shape or structure of such a bowl. In lawn bowls, the curved course is caused only by the shape of the bowl. The use of weights is prohibited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A person's favourite member of a K-pop band.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Qualifier: South Korean idol fandom
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: fave
verb
Meaning 14
To place bias upon; to influence.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- Our prejudices bias our views.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 15
To give a bias to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- 2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87. On the ohmic side n+ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 16
slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a bias fold
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: prejudice, preconception
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: partiality, partisanship
Narrower terms: taboo, tabu, irrational hostility, experimenter bias, homophobia, Islamophobia, racism, tendentiousness
noun
Meaning 18
a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: diagonal
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: straight line
verb
Meaning 19
cause to be biased
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: predetermine
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prejudice, prepossess
Narrower terms: slant, angle, weight
verb
Meaning 20
influence in an unfair way
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- you are biasing my choice by telling me yours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: prejudice, prepossess
Narrower terms: handicap
History
Etymology
c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570). From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
From Ancient Greek Βίας (Bías).
Across languages
Translations
181 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vino — inclined to or swelled on one side
- Italian: penzolante — inclined to or swelled on one side
- Italian: inclinato — inclined to or swelled on one side
- Polish: stronniczy — inclined to or swelled on one side
- Czech: šikmo střižený — cut slanting or diagonally
- Finnish: vino — cut slanting or diagonally
- Italian: di sbieco — cut slanting or diagonally
- Finnish: vinosti — in a slanting manner
- Finnish: vinoon — in a slanting manner
- Italian: di sbieco — in a slanting manner
- Italian: diagonalmente — in a slanting manner
- Spanish: al bies — in a slanting manner
- Spanish: al sesgo — in a slanting manner
- Spanish: en diagonal — in a slanting manner
- Greek: Βίας (Vías) — one of the Seven Sages
- Ancient Greek: Βίας (Bías) — one of the Seven Sages
- Italian: Biante — one of the Seven Sages
- Polish: Bias — one of the Seven Sages
- Russian: Биа́нт (Biánt) — one of the Seven Sages
- Afrikaans: partydigheid — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Albanian: anshmëri — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Albanian: anësi — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Arabic: تَحَيُّز (taḥayyuz) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Armenian: կողմնակալություն (koġmnakalutʻyun) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Armenian: կողմնապահություն (koġmnapahutʻyun) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Azerbaijani: qərəz — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Basque: isuri — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Belarusian: прадузя́тасць (praduzjátascʹ) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Belarusian: прадузя́тасьць (praduzjátasʹcʹ) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Belarusian: прадузя́цце (praduzjáccje) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Belarusian: прадузя́цьце (praduzjácʹcje) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Bulgarian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénie) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Catalan: biaix — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Catalan: esbiaixada — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Catalan: esbiaixament — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Chinese Cantonese: 偏見 /偏见 — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Chinese Mandarin: 偏見 /偏见 (piānjiàn) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: zaujetí — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: předpojatost — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: sklon — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: zaujatost — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: předsudky — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: stranění — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: upřednostňování — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Danish: partiskhed — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Danish: slagside — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Danish: forudindtagethed — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Dutch: neiging — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Dutch: vooroordeel — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Dutch: vooringenomenheid — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Esperanto: tendenco — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Esperanto: emo — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Estonian: erapoolikus — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: vinous — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: vinouma — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: alttius — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: taipumus — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: puolueellisuus (partiality) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: ennakkoluulo — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: ennakkoasenne — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Finnish: mieltymys — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- French: préjugé — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- French: parti-pris — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Galician: nesgo — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Galician: biés — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Georgian: მიკერძოება (miḳerʒoeba) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Voreingenommenheit — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Neigung — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Ausrichtung — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Vorliebe — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Verzerrung — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- German: Bias — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Gothic: 𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌻𐌸𐌴𐌹 (wiljahalþei) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Greek: προκατάληψη (prokatálipsi) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hebrew: נטייה (netiyá) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hebrew: הטיה (hatayá) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hebrew: נטאי (netáy) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hebrew: דעה קדומה (deá kdumá) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hindi: पक्षपात (pakṣapāt) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hindi: पूर्वाग्रह (pūrvāgrah) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hungarian: elfogultság — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Hungarian: részrehajlás — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Icelandic: hlutdrægni — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Indonesian: prasikap — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Irish: leatrom — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: pregiudizio — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: predisposizione — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: inclinazione — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: tendenza — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: predilezione — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: preferenza — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: influenza — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Italian: ubbia — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Japanese: 偏り (katayori) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Japanese: 傾斜 (keisha) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Japanese: 傾向 (keikō) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Japanese: 偏見 (henken) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Japanese: 思い込み (omoikomi) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Kazakh: сыңаржақтылық (syñarjaqtylyq) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Korean: 편견 (pyeon'gyeon) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Northern Kurdish: alîgirî — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Lao: ອະຄະຕິ (ʼa kha ti) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Latin: praeiūdicium — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Latvian: aizspriedums — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Lithuanian: šališkumas — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Macedonian: пристрасност (pristrasnost) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Malay: berat sebelah — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Māori: ngākaukino — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Māori: mariutanga — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Norwegian Bokmål: fordom — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Norwegian Bokmål: partiskhet — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Iranian Persian: سوگیری (sugiri) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Iranian Persian: پیشداوَری (piš-dâvari) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Iranian Persian: تَعَصُّب (ta'assob) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Polish: stronniczość — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Polish: uprzedzenie — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Polish: ukos — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Polish: inklinacja — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: predisposição — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: inclinação — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: sugestão — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: pretendência — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: tendência — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: tendenciosidade — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: viés — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Portuguese: distorção — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Romanian: înclinație — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Romanian: preferință — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Russian: предубежде́ние (predubeždénije) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Russian: предвзя́тость (predvzjátostʹ) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Serbo-Croatian: прѝстрано̄ст — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Serbo-Croatian: prìstranōst — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Slovak: zaujatosť — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Slovak: predpojatosť — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Slovene: pristranskost — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Spanish: sesgo — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Spanish: bías — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Spanish: tendenciosidad — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Swedish: partiskhet — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Tagalog: ayo — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Thai: อคติ (à-ká-dtì) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Thai: ความลําเอียง (kwaam-lam-iiang) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Turkish: yanlılık — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Turkish: ön yargı — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Ukrainian: упере́дженість (uperédženistʹ) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Ukrainian: упере́дження (uperédžennja) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Urdu: تَعَصُّب (ta'assub) — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Vietnamese: thiên vị — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Vietnamese: thiên kiến — inclination towards something; predisposition, partiality
- Czech: předpětí — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Dutch: voorspanning — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Finnish: esijännite — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Finnish: esivirta — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- German: Bias — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- German: Vorspannung — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Italian: polarizzazione — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Polish: polaryzacja — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Russian: смеще́ние (smeščénije) — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Turkish: önyargı — electronics: voltage or current applied to electronic device
- Arabic: تَحَيُّز (taḥayyuz) — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Finnish: harha — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- French: biais — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- German: Verzerrung — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Indonesian: bias — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Italian: distorsione — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Māori: haukume — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Polish: obciążenie — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Portuguese: enviesamento — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Spanish: sesgo — statistics: difference between expectation and true value
- Finnish: vääristää — to place bias upon
- Finnish: vaikuttaa — to place bias upon
- Finnish: vinouttaa — to place bias upon
- Italian: influenzare — to place bias upon
- Italian: distorcere — to place bias upon
- Italian: condizionare — to place bias upon
- Italian: influire — to place bias upon
- Italian: orientare — to place bias upon
- Japanese: 偏らせる (katayoraseru) — to place bias upon
- Japanese: 傾斜させる (keisha saseru) — to place bias upon
- Polish: wpływać — to place bias upon
- Polish: rzutować — to place bias upon