impartial
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 →
2) (law) An impartial judge or jury decides only on the facts, without friendship or dislike affecting the decision. tree →
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 →
- The judge listened to both sides and stayed impartial. tree →
- We need someone impartial to decide who won. tree →
- The teacher was impartial and gave everyone a turn. tree →
- News should give impartial reports. tree →
- It's hard to be impartial when your best friend is playing. tree →
- (law) Every person has the right to an impartial trial. tree →
- Mum stayed impartial when my sister and I argued. tree →
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, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.