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# impartial

«impartial» in Mova's school dictionary: **fair to everyone and not taking sides, so you do not…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (impartial); noun impartiality; adverb impartially

### meaning for a pupil

1) Impartial means fair to everyone and not taking sides, so you do not favour one person or team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#m1)

2) (law) An impartial judge or jury decides only on the facts, without friendship or dislike affecting the decision. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship lessons it describes referees, judges and the news, which should report both sides. Phrases: «an impartial referee», «impartial advice», «stay impartial».

### examples

- A referee must be impartial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x1)
- The judge listened to both sides and stayed impartial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x2)
- We need someone impartial to decide who won. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x3)
- The teacher was impartial and gave everyone a turn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x4)
- News should give impartial reports. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x5)
- It's hard to be impartial when your best friend is playing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x6)
- (law) Every person has the right to an impartial trial. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x7)
- Mum stayed impartial when my sister and I argued. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/#x8)

### note

Im + partial: «partial» can mean favouring one side, so «impartial» means not favouring. Trap: «partial» also means «not complete», but «impartial» never means «complete». Same as «unbiased».

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «impartial» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/impartial/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.