What part of speech is bias?

Bias can be categorized as a noun, a verb and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. bias is a verb, present, 1st person singular of bias (infinitive).
  • 2. bias is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. bias is a noun, singular of biases / biasses.
  • 4. bias is an adjective.

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Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • bias 
    more bias
    most bias
  • Positive: bias 
  • Comparative: more bias
  • Superlative: most bias

What does bias mean?

Definitions

Adjective
bias - slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric; "a bias fold"

Adverb
bias - In a slanting manner; crosswise; obliquely; diagonally; as, to cut cloth bias.

Verb
bias - cause to be biased
bias - influence in an unfair way; "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"

Noun
bias - a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation
bias - a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric
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Examples of bias

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A bias fold.
2. noun You have to judge the case without bias.
3. noun People tend to look at others with bias.
4. noun The villagers had a bias against any newcomer.
5. noun She wrote on gender bias in science.
6. noun She has a bias toward Japanese literature.
7. noun Reality has a Liberal bias.
8. noun Cut the cloth on the bias.
9. noun She has a strong bias against abstract painting.
10. noun Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that "survived" some process and inadvertently overlooking those that did not because of their lack of visibility.
11. noun Are you more likely to believe a story if it confirms your pre-existing beliefs? That is called confirmation bias.
12. noun Confirmation bias is a sort of blindness that leads news consumers to seek out information they WANT to be true.
13. noun Random assignment to a study group eliminates selection bias.
14. noun “We are working with two independent laboratories to ensure the highest possible quality and exclude any bias in the results,” Peter Seeberger, lead researcher, told VOA in an email response.
15. noun I think people often watch late-night shows and forget that what they’re seeing isn’t fact free from significant bias.
16. noun In interviews with conservative media and talk shows and a January 15 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Pack defended his actions, saying he was working to address long-standing security concerns at the agency and perceived liberal bias in VOA content.
Sentence  
adj.
A bias fold.
noun
You have to judge the case without bias.
People tend to look at others with bias.
The villagers had a bias against any newcomer.
She wrote on gender bias in science.
She has a bias toward Japanese literature.
Reality has a Liberal bias.
Cut the cloth on the bias.
She has a strong bias against abstract painting.
Survivorship bias is the logical error of concentrating on the people or things that "survived" some process and inadvertently overlooking those that did not because of their lack of visibility.
Are you more likely to believe a story if it confirms your pre-existing beliefs? That is called confirmation bias.
Confirmation bias is a sort of blindness that leads news consumers to seek out information they WANT to be true.
Random assignment to a study group eliminates selection bias.
“We are working with two independent laboratories to ensure the highest possible quality and exclude any bias in the results,” Peter Seeberger, lead researcher, told VOA in an email response.
I think people often watch late-night shows and forget that what they’re seeing isn’t fact free from significant bias.
In interviews with conservative media and talk shows and a January 15 op-ed in The Wall Street Journal, Pack defended his actions, saying he was working to address long-standing security concerns at the agency and perceived liberal bias in VOA content.
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