factor
/ˈfæk.təɹ/ verb C2- To find all the factors of (a number or other mathematical object) (the objects that divide it evenly).
- To rewrite an expression as the product of its factors.
- To be a product of other objects.
- To sell a debt or debts to an agent (the factor) to collect.
He/she/it factors · Past factored · Past participle factored · -ing form factoring
Verb forms
- Base form
- factor
- He/she/it
- factors
- Past
- factored
- Past participle
- factored
- -ing form
- factoring
Phrasal verbs and expressions
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As it is, I have been able to get about as I could not possibly have done had I been living in the Hall, and I remain an unknown factor in the business, ready to throw in all my weight at a critical moment.”
We will suppose that a minister needs information as to a point which involves the Navy, India, Canada and the bimetallic question; he could get his separate advices from various departments upon each, but only Mycroft can focus them all, and say offhand how each factor would affect the other.
“Yes; his brother, Colonel Valentine Walter, has testified to his departure from Woolwich, and Admiral Sinclair to his arrival in London; so Sir James is no longer a direct factor in the problem.”
“We have this Beppo as a common factor, both in Kennington and in Kensington, so that is worth a ten-mile drive.
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