Bias Definition
bīəs
biased, biases, biasing, biassed, biasses, biassing
noun
biases
A line going diagonally across the grain of fabric.
Cut the cloth on the bias.
American Heritage
A line, cut or sewn diagonally across the weave of cloth, as in making seams, binding tape, etc.
Webster's New World
A preference or an inclination, especially one that inhibits impartial judgment.
American Heritage
A mental leaning or inclination; partiality; bent.
Webster's New World
An unfair act or policy stemming from prejudice.
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adjective
Slanting or diagonal; oblique.
A bias fold.
American Heritage
Slanting; diagonal.
Webster's New World
Inclined to one side; swelled on one side.
Wiktionary
Cut slanting or diagonally, as cloth.
Wiktionary
verb
biased, biases, biasing, biassed, biassing
To influence in a particular, typically unfair direction.
American Heritage
To cause to have a bias; influence; prejudice.
Webster's New World
To apply a small voltage to (a grid).
American Heritage
To apply a bias to (an electrode)
Webster's New World
To place bias upon; to influence.
Our prejudices bias our views.
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- be just
- be fair
- be impartial
adverb
Diagonally.
Webster's New World
Awry.
Webster's New World
In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally.
To cut cloth bias.
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pronoun
One of the Seven Sages of Greece from Priene living in the 6th century BC.
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idiom
on the bias
- diagonally; obliquely; specif., cut or sewn diagonally across the weave
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Bias
Origin of Bias
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French biais slant from Provençal perhaps ultimately from Greek epikarsios slanted sker-1 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Middle French biasis, from Old Provençal biais (“way, angle, slant”).
From Wiktionary
From Ancient Greek Βίας (Bias).
From Wiktionary
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