Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bias
Participle: biased
Gerund: biasing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bias |
| you | bias |
| he;she;it | biases |
| we | bias |
| you | bias |
| they | bias |
Perfect
| I | have biased |
| you | have biased |
| he;she;it | has biased |
| we | have biased |
| you | have biased |
| they | have biased |
Past
| I | biased |
| you | biased |
| he;she;it | biased |
| we | biased |
| you | biased |
| they | biased |
Pluperfect
| I | had biased |
| you | had biased |
| he;she;it | had biased |
| we | had biased |
| you | had biased |
| they | had biased |
Future
| I | will bias |
| you | will bias |
| he;she;it | will bias |
| we | will bias |
| you | will bias |
| they | will bias |
Future Perfect
| I | will have biased |
| you | will have biased |
| he;she;it | will have biased |
| we | will have biased |
| you | will have biased |
| they | will have biased |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bias |
| you | bias |
| he;she;it | bias |
| we | bias |
| you | bias |
| they | bias |
Perfect
| I | have biased |
| you | have biased |
| he;she;it | have biased |
| we | have biased |
| you | have biased |
| they | have biased |
Imperfect
| I | biased |
| you | biased |
| he;she;it | biased |
| we | biased |
| you | biased |
| they | biased |
Pluperfect
| I | had biased |
| you | had biased |
| he;she;it | had biased |
| we | had biased |
| you | had biased |
| they | had biased |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bias |
| you | would bias |
| he;she;it | would bias |
| we | would bias |
| you | would bias |
| they | would bias |
Perfect
| I | would have biased |
| you | would have biased |
| he;she;it | would have biased |
| we | would have biased |
| you | would have biased |
| they | would have biased |
Imperative
| you | bias |
| we | Let's bias |
| you | bias |
Verbs conjugated like 'bias'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bias'
alias,
baa,
bab,
bad,
bag,
bags,
bam,
ban,
bap,
bar,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- influence
- bend, sway, dispose, incline, color, predispose, prejudice, warp
Antonyms
- influence
- ineffectiveness, impotence, futility, incapacity
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c. 1520 in the sense "oblique line". As a technical term in the game of bowls c. 1560, whence the figurative use (c. 1570).
2. From Middle French biais, adverbially ("sideways, askance, against the grain") c. 1250, as a noun ("oblique angle, slant") from the late 16th century.
3. The French word is likely from Old Occitan biais, itself of obscure origin, most likely from Vulgar Latin *biaxius (“with two axes”).
Sample Sentences
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Our prejudices bias our views.
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No doubt they overlook the L.M.R.'s allegedly faulty financial estimates for the Euston-Liverpool/Manchester scheme, which have biassed the Treasury, and perhaps the open-minded Dr. Beeching, against electrification without renewed examination of projects. [1963 June, “News and Comment: Le Plan Beeching”, in Modern Railways, page 364:]
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Some scientists allege that the "pro-family," anti-gay stance of the Reagan administration biases the work of the AIDS Laboratory. [1986 February 15, Elizabeth Pincus, “The CDC: When Politics & Egos Hamper Saving Lives”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 2:]
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2002, H. Dijkstra, J. Libby, Overview of silicon detectors, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 494, 86–93, p. 87.
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On the ohmic side n⁺ is implanted to provide the ohmic contact to bias the detector.