factors

[fak-terz] / ˈfæk tərz /

NOUN

determinant

Synonyms

STRONGEST

aspect cause circumstance component consideration element influence ingredient part point thing

STRONG

agency agent aid antecedent board constituent instrument instrumentality item means portion

WEAK

fixin's makin's part and parcel

Antonyms

STRONGEST

whole

Example Sentences

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The U.S. stock market is being driven higher by a combination of factors that persuade Morgan Stanley’s chief equity strategist pullbacks will be shallow and the market’s trajectory remains higher.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 27, 2026

Returning to a talent or skill late in life depends on internal factors: your drive, ability and willingness to pick something back up.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 26, 2026

It said that river health is affected by "multiple factors" and that phosphorus levels had fallen since the early 1990s.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

Possible factors include increased predation from vertebrates or physical limitations of the insect exoskeleton.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

It may even be that those factors play a very subtle and complex role in increasing the odds of something happening to him in the next seventy-two hours.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell