| ADJECTIVE | all | bias | slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric |
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| NOUN | cognition | bias, prejudice, preconception | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |
| 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 |
| Sounds | bay'ahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1131 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 |
| Catalan | inclinat | |
| Spanish | inclinado | |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Nouns | bias | a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation |