An expression of at least partial understanding seemed to dawn on Picard's face.

There was a flicker of partial understanding in Jelka's eyes, but also puzzlement.

She nodded in partial understanding and said, 'And who are all those odd people you see on the credits?

A glimmer of partial understanding appeared in his mind.

All the studying the Sisters have done for the last three thousand years is only a partial understanding of them.

Analysis based on a partial understanding of the issue is likely to be flawed.

He has not yet reached even a partial understanding of their nature.

But then he looked more closely at the smiling woman, and partial understanding came.

This field brings attention to the possibility that focusing only on disorder could result in a partial, and limited, understanding of a person's condition.

(We have some partial understanding of why humans are an exception.)