factor in

Verb

Meaning

resolve into factors

consider as relevant when making a decision

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

factor factor out include provide allow condition consider regard accommodate adjust adapt weigh take into account take to heart take account of
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Antonyms

release reject refuse exclude forget dismiss
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Hypernyms

cypher study figure consider calculate compute

Examples

It is the desire of the good people of the whole country that sectionalism as a factor in our politics should disappear. Rutherford B. Hayes

It has been shown that, in contrast to everything which classical national economy has hitherto taught, not the producer but the consumer is the ruling factor in economic life. Hjalmar Schacht

Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. Theodore Roosevelt

Gravity is a contributing factor in nearly 73 percent of all accidents involving falling objects. Dave Barry

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov

Weapons are an important factor in war, but not the decisive one; it is man and not materials that counts. Mao Zedong

Close letter words and terms

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