{
    "term": "factor",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "one of several things that cause or influence something",
            "sensetop": "factor in something",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Obesity is a major **risk factor** for heart disease."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **key/crucial/deciding factor**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Criminality is associated with a range of individual, family and **environmental factors**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The result will depend on a number of different factors."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The closure of the mine was the **single most important factor** in the town's decline.",
                    "contextForm": "factor in something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have identified a few key factors in the project's success."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A variety of other factors will be taken into account."
                },
                {
                    "text": "External factors in the production of disease include pollution of the environment."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Look for the common factor in all these cases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Money proved to be the deciding factor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Poor organization was certainly a contributory factor to the crisis."
                },
                {
                    "text": "An unusually cold spring may have been a contributing factor."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Researchers now believe nutrition may be a major factor behind some chronic diseases."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His defending was a key factor in the team's win."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ability to obtain raw materials is a significant limiting factor on production."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Genetic factors play a part in the condition."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Studies have established that smoking is a risk factor for cancer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The appeal judges spoke of strong mitigating factors in the case."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The human factor is crucial to success in team management."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are several factors at play here."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This is regarded as the crucial factor in deciding who should get priority."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a key factor in the decision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "environmental factors which predispose children to middle-ear infections"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the factors that influenced his decision"
                },
                {
                    "text": "one of the most significant factors"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the contextual factors which operate to hinder understanding"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the main factors behind the dollar's weakness"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Change, cause and effect"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["big", "important", "main"],
                "verb + factor": ["consider", "take into account", "identify"],
                "factor + verb": ["be involved", "operate", "affect something"],
                "preposition": ["factor behind", "factor in"],
                "phrases": ["a combination, number, variety, etc. of factors"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a number that divides into another number exactly",
            "labels": "(mathematics)",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "1, 2, 3, 4, 6 and 12 are the factors of 12."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Maths and measurement"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the amount by which something increases or decreases",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The real wage of the average worker has increased by a factor of over ten in the last 70 years."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a particular level on a scale of measurement",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a suntan lotion with a protection factor of 10"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wind-chill factor will make it seem colder."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a substance in the blood that helps the clotting process. There are several types of this substance.",
            "labels": "(medical)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Haemophiliacs have no factor 8 in their blood."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the feeling of confidence in the future that is shared by many people",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "After the recession, people were waiting for the return of the feel-good factor before starting to spend money again."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfæktə(r)/",
                "audio": "fa/factor/factor__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfæktər/",
                "audio": "fa/factor/factor__us_2.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (meaning ‘doer’, also in the Scots sense ‘agent’): from French facteur or Latin factor, from fact- ‘done’, from the verb facere."
}