important factor

collocation in English

meaningsofimportantandfactor

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important
adjective
uk
/ɪmˈpɔː.tənt/
us
/ɪmˈpɔːr.tənt/
necessary or of ...
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factor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfæk.tər/
us
/ˈfæk.tɚ/
a fact or situation that influences the result ...
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(Definition ofimportantandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofimportant factor

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Anotherimportantfactoris the group setting.
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Anotherimportantfactoris ecological opportunity.
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How predictable is this mostimportantfactor?
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A secondimportantfactoris seasonality.
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Clearly this is also animportantfactor.
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The second and mostimportantfactoris host ecology.
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Then there is theimportantfactorof social landownership structures.
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But it was arguably not the mostimportantfactor.
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But animportantfactoris omitted from their argument here.
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The second mostimportantfactoris socioeconomic status.
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This is related to anotherimportantfactor: non-governmental allies.
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Anotherimportantfactoris the misuse of prochlorperazine.
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Therefore, availability of information is animportantfactor.
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The very simple referral process was also animportantfactor.
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Imbalance is animportantfactorin attitude change.
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Marital status was shown to be animportantfactor.
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The staff providing the care are the mostimportantfactor.
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But anotherimportantfactoris ease of use.
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Defoliation is animportantfactorthat affects source-sink dynamics.
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The practical level seems to be animportantfactorin the policy process.
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Consequently, the phonological structure of nonwords remained a significantlyimportantfactorin naming latencies.
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The difficulty of reproducing measurements of the pulmonary valve is animportantfactoraffecting interobserver variability.
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The experimental results suggest that acquired resistance to infection is animportantfactordetermining epidemic behaviour.
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The employment of expatriate labour was also animportantfactorin the production for export.
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