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one-sided

adj · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Partial or biased in favour of one faction or demographic group.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • We were robbed! That referee was definitely one-sided.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

With one competitor dominant over the other.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • It was a swift, one-sided fight, all over in the second round.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Out of proportion or lopsided.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Having only one side, like a Möbius strip.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Turned to one side.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adj

Meaning 6

That is necessarily or absolutely different than the respective coordinate alethic or temporal modality, but not its opposite.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective

Meaning 7

involving only one part or side

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • unilateral paralysis
  • a unilateral decision

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: unilateral

Antonyms: none provided

8

adjective

Meaning 8

not reversible or capable of having either side out

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: nonreversible

Antonyms: none provided

9

adjective satellite

Meaning 9

favoring one person or side over another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a biased account of the trial
  • a decision that was partial to the defendant

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: biased, colored, coloured, slanted

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

53 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: пристрастен (pristrasten) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏袒 (piāntǎn) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏頗 /偏颇 (piānpō) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Czech: jednostranný — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Finnish: puolueellinen — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • German: parteiisch — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Greek: μεροληπτικός (meroliptikós) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Irish: leataobhach — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Irish: leatromach — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Portuguese: parcial — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Portuguese: unilateral — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Romanian: partinic — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Russian: односторо́нний (odnostorónnij) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Spanish: partidista — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Swedish: ensidig — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Swedish: partisk — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Tamil: ஒருதலை (orutalai) — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Welsh: unochrog — partial or biased in favour of one faction
  • Chinese Mandarin: 一面倒 (yīmiàndǎo) — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Finnish: yksipuolinen — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • German: einseitig — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Irish: aontaobhach — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Portuguese: unilateral — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Romanian: unilateral — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Spanish: unilateral — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Swedish: ojämn — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Welsh: unochrog — with one competitor dominant over the other
  • Bulgarian: едностранчив (ednostrančiv) — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不成比例 (bùchéngbǐlì) — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Chinese Mandarin: 失衡 (shīhéng) — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Finnish: yksipuolinen — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Finnish: toispuolinen — out of proportion or lopsided
  • German: einseitig — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Irish: aontaobhach — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Romanian: unilateral — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Welsh: unochrog — out of proportion or lopsided
  • Bulgarian: едностранен (ednostranen) — having only one side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單側 /单侧 (dāncè) — having only one side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 單面 /单面 — having only one side
  • Czech: jednostranný — having only one side
  • Finnish: yksipuolinen — having only one side
  • German: einseitig — having only one side
  • Greek: μονόπλευρος (monóplevros) — having only one side
  • Icelandic: einhliða — having only one side
  • Irish: aontaobhach — having only one side
  • Russian: односторо́нний (odnostorónnij) — having only one side
  • Swedish: ensidig — having only one side
  • Welsh: unochrog — having only one side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏向一側 /偏向一侧 (piānxiàng yī cè) — (botany) turned to one side
  • Chinese Mandarin: 偏側生 /偏侧生 — (botany) turned to one side
  • Finnish: toispuolinen — (botany) turned to one side
  • Finnish: toispuoleinen — (botany) turned to one side
  • Finnish: yksipuolinen — (logic, of a modality) that is necessarily different than the respective coordinate alethic
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