Meaning

2 senses
  1. (transitive)To place bias upon; to influence.

    Our prejudices bias our views.

    influence in an unfair way

  2. To give a bias to.

Examples

157 sentences
  1. I know that Tom is biased.

    Я знаю, що Том упереджений. — deniko

    deIch weiß, dass Tom Vorurteile hat. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. I think that Tom is biased.

    Гадаю, Том упереджений. — deniko

  3. I know I have a biased opinion.

    Я знаю, що моя думка упереджена. — deniko

    ruЯ знаю, что у меня предвзятое мнение. — marafon

  4. The study is biased.

    Це дослідження упереджене. — deniko

  5. Tom may be biased.

    Том може бути упередженим. — deniko

Translations

2 languages

Origin

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whe

c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).

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Forms

biases, biasing, biased, biased
Base formbias · to bias
3rd person singularbiases
Present participlebiasing
Past simplebiased / biassed
Past participlebiased / biassed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybias
he, she, itbiases

Past simpleLesson

all personsbiased

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave biased
he, she, ithas biased

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bias

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bias — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto