FACTOR


Meaning of FACTOR in English

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ big , important , main , major , relevant , significant

one of the most significant ~s

▪ critical , crucial , deciding , decisive , determining , key , vital

This is regarded as the crucial ~ in deciding who should get priority.

Money proved to be the deciding ~.

▪ contributing , contributory

Poor organization was certainly a contributory ~ to the crisis.

▪ complicating

A complicating ~ is her parents' refusal to cooperate with the police.

▪ limiting

▪ mitigating

The appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating ~s in the case.

▪ aggravating

▪ additional

▪ single

The closure of the mine was the single most important ~ in the town's decline.

▪ common

Look for the common ~ in all these cases.

▪ external , extraneous , extrinsic

External ~s in the production of disease include pollution of the environment.

▪ internal , intrinsic

▪ causal , causative

▪ risk

Studies have established that smoking is a risk ~ for cancer.

▪ contextual , demographic , economic , environmental , genetic , political , psychological , situational , social

▪ human

The human ~ is crucial to success in team management.

VERB + FACTOR

▪ consider , take into account

A variety of other ~s will be taken into account.

▪ identify

▪ depend on

FACTOR + VERB

▪ be involved , operate

the contextual ~s which operate to hinder understanding

▪ affect sth , be responsible for sth , cause sth , contribute to sth , determine sth , influence sth , predispose sb/sth to sth

environmental ~s which predispose children to middle-ear infections

▪ explain sth

▪ constrain sth , inhibit sth , militate against sth

one of the ~s that influenced his decision

▪ interact

We examine how economic and social ~s interact.

▪ include sth

▪ be at play

There are several ~s at play here.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ behind

the main ~s behind the dollar's weakness

▪ ~ in

a key ~ in the decision

PHRASES

▪ a combination, number, variety, etc. of ~s

The outcome will depend on a number of ~s.

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