NOUN | cognition | bias, prejudice, preconception | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
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shape | bias, diagonal | a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric | |
VERB | competition | bias | influence in an unfair way |
cognition | bias, predetermine | cause to be biased | |
ADJECTIVE | all | bias | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric |
Sounds | bay'ahs | |
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Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... |
Meaning | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric. | |
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Example | "a bias fold" | |
Broader | oblique | slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled |
Spanish | diagonal, inclinado, oblicuo, sesgado, soslayado, transversal | |
Catalan | diagonal, esbiaixat, inclinat, oblic, transversal |
Meaning | A line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric. | |
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Synonym | diagonal | |
Broader | straight line | A line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction |
Spanish | diagonal | |
Catalan | diagonal |
Meaning | Influence in an unfair way. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
Example | "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours" | |
Narrower | handicap | attempt to forecast the winner (especially in a horse race) and assign odds for or against a contestant |
Broader | prejudice, prepossess | Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance |
Spanish | predisponer | |
Nouns | bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
Meaning | Cause to be biased. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
Synonym | predetermine | |
Narrower | slant, angle, weight | Present with a bias |
Broader | prejudice, prepossess | Influence (somebody's) opinion in advance |
Spanish | predeterminar | |
Catalan | predeterminar | |
Nouns | bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
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