underlying factor

collocation in English

meaningsofunderlyingandfactor

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underlying
adjective[before noun]
uk
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/us
/ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ.ɪŋ/
real but not ...
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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 ofunderlyingandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In this case, thatunderlyingfactoris poverty.
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Unreasonable expectations for improvement was the most commonunderlyingfactor.
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There is anunderlyingfactorhere.
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This is the oneunderlyingfactor.
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That is anunderlyingfactorwhich we must not forget.
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The purpose of the present study is to test the hypothesis that nursing behaviour is an independentunderlyingfactorof importance in duration of amenorrhoea.
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In this study, items from these two scales were subjected to a prinicipal components analysis and found to have a single,underlyingfactor.
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Deficits in the quality of phonological representations have been proposed as anunderlyingfactorin the reading and language difficulties of less skilled readers.
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If group interest is theunderlyingfactorin these results, it appears that this motivation sometimes pushes minority groups in the anti-multicultural direction.
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Rather than offering accounts, some women contended that lack of discipline was theunderlyingfactorthat had resulted in their increased weights.
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The hypothesis that familiarity with the care of severely ill and dying patients is an importantunderlyingfactorexplaining variance has been confirmed by these surveys.
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In such a model, effects of one disorder at a given time on another at a subsequent time are be mediated by continuity in theunderlyingfactor.
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This strong association between duration of amenorrhoea and both duration of exclusive nursing and nursing at night favours the hypothesis that theunderlyingfactoris nursing behaviour.
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In general, variables with factor loadings equal to or greater than the absolute value of 0.5 are considered to be good measures of theunderlyingfactor.
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Theunderlyingfactoris the difficulty and complexity of the problem itself.
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A poor regime of overcrowding in some places may have been anunderlyingfactor.
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That is absurd, but it seems to be anunderlyingfactor.
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But the most importantunderlyingfactorhas been the industries' own performance.
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It has been said that that is not theunderlyingfactorin the report.
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Often thisunderlyingfactordoes not become evident until after an offender has been convicted on a number of occasions.
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Thisunderlyingfactorfrequently does not become evident until after an offender has been convicted on a number of occasions.
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Theunderlyingfactorwhich has emerged is that economies in the use of energy are a world-wide consideration.
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All those comparatively inexpensive modifications would reduce passenger stress, which is often still anunderlyingfactorin flying.
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That is theunderlyingfactorwhich makes any argument against fluoride based on freedom of choice almost impossible to substantiate.
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