<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>a particular tendency, trend, inclination, feeling, or opinion, especially one that is preconceived or unreasoned</li><li>unreasonable hostile feelings or opinions about a social group; prejudice</li><li>an oblique or diagonal line of direction, especially across a woven fabric</li><li>a systematic as opposed to random distortion of a statistic as a result of sampling procedure</li><li>the application of a steady voltage or current to an active device, such as a diode or transistor, to produce a desired mode of operation</li><li>a slight bulge or greater weight on one side of the ball or bowl in lawn bowling</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>leaning</li><li>bent</li><li>proclivity</li><li>partiality</li><li>predilection</li><li>preconception</li><li>predisposition</li></ul><p><strong>Antonyms</strong></p><ul><li>impartiality</li></ul><p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>cut, set, folded, etc., diagonally</li></ul><p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>in a diagonal manner; obliquely; slantingly</li></ul><p><strong>Verb (used with object)</strong></p><ul><li>biased</li><li>to cause to hold or exhibit a particular bias; to influence, especially unfairly</li><li>to apply a steady voltage or current to (the input of an active device)</li></ul><p><strong>Synonyms</strong></p><ul><li>bend</li><li>predispose</li><li>dispose</li><li>incline</li></ul>