determining factor
collocation in Englishmeaningsofdetermineandfactor
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determine
verb
uk/dɪˈtɜː.mɪn/us/dɪˈtɝː.mɪn/
to control or influence something directly, or to decide what ...
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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 ofdetermineandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofdetermining factor
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Again, age seems to be thedeterminingfactor.
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Another importantdeterminingfactormight be the social context in the school.
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Second-negative type was the onlydeterminingfactorin the variation.
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On the other hand, it is possible that the intestinal morphology is adeterminingfactor.
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Thus, specific identity seems to be an importantdeterminingfactorof consumption levels.
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However, on closer inspection it is clear that fiscal capacity is not thedeterminingfactor.
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A thirddeterminingfactorfor the incentives faced by insurers is the level of price competition.
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In this area, where ratooning is the usual practice, red bollworm is adeterminingfactor.
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Such an active construction appears to be adeterminingfactorin the stabilization of these representations.
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What we do not learn from these studies is whether this is the onlydeterminingfactor.
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Debate centered largely around the issue of racial descent versus culture as thedeterminingfactor.
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In short, the reciprocal imagination of both actor and director is thedeterminingfactor.
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Therefore, the occupation of the male head is not the onlydeterminingfactorof production.
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Our study suggests that soil type, not rainfall, is thedeterminingfactorthat influences tree clustering.
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However, host susceptibility, or resistance, could be adeterminingfactoras well.
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One importantdeterminingfactorof this regime change will be population density itself.
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That is thedeterminingfactor.
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Perception is thedeterminingfactor.
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In contrast, in humid regions where flood control is thedeterminingfactor, inflow - flood severity - uncertainty may further enhance cooperation.
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Commercialisation was clearly not the onlydeterminingfactorfor these phenomena, but neither was the natural environment.
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Considering the productivity of these households, wage-work appears to be adeterminingfactorin household production.
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These results indicate that wind effect is not the onlydeterminingfactorfor treefalls in this tropical montane cloud forest.
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Clearly, the level of the learner is not the soledeterminingfactorin terms of what is noticed.
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Finally, cognitive and communicative predilections of the child may also be adeterminingfactorin lexical acquisition.
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