partial success

collocation in English

meaningsofpartialandsuccess

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partial
adjective
uk
/ˈpɑː.ʃəl/us
/ˈpɑːr.ʃəl/
not ...
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success
noun
uk
/səkˈses/us
/səkˈses/
the achieving of the results wanted or ...
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(Definition ofpartialandsuccessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpartial success

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It was on that level that he found the significance, andpartialsuccess, of the ongoing party effort.
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Yet, this formal choice is only apartialsuccess.
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The majority of investigators agree that this treatment results in onlypartialsuccess.
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Most of these efforts, however, meet with, at best,partialsuccess, and all remain hampered by the connection between authority and suffering.
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The period 1982 to 1993, was one ofpartialsuccessand partial failure in macroeconomic outcomes.
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Critics provide the proof planning framework with an exception handling mechanism which enables thepartialsuccessof a proof plan to be exploited in search for a proof.
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At the same time, theirpartialsuccesson prices has had the result of making demand increase while, at the same time incomes have increased.
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Nothing is more likely to prolong the war than evenpartialsuccessfor the submarine campaign.
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Today we have heard that that success can be considered at best only apartialsuccess.
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I was very anxious to try at least to postpone that crisis, and we had apartialsuccess.
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I do not want to be churlish, but the lifting of the beef ban 10 days ago was only apartialsuccess.
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His perseverance has been a major contributory factor in securing thepartialsuccessso far achieved.
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That is apartialsuccessthat deserves to be followed up.
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These contributed greatly to thepartialsuccessof our counter-inflation policy.
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Yet think of the prize of evenpartialsuccessfor us here.
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We must not dismiss the possibility of the success orpartialsuccessof this current strategic policy.
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It held out the prospect of at leastpartialsuccess.
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However, this has been only apartialsuccessand it is not over yet by a long way.
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