external factor

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandfactor

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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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 ofexternalandfactorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexternal factor

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Finally, he rightly notes that the failure of any particularexternalfactorto predict some linguistic pattern is not justification for dismissal of theexternalfactor.
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The only significantexternalfactorappears to be "length of bilingualism," but this finding is indirect.
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Trying to escape dealing with individuals by postulating that some monisticexternalfactoraccounts for their behaviour is not getting anywhere.
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This is a textbook example of anexternalfactorselecting a rare gene because it confers significant survival benefits, thus increasing its frequency within the population.
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The otherexternalfactorthat will affect the inflation rate is the price of oil.
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Anyone who pursues anexternalfactorcan always find an enthusiastic audience with guaranteed media coverage.
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They could not possibly have occurred due to any otherexternalfactor.
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There is noexternalfactorwhich can be used as a scapegoat or alibi for our poor performance.
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A stable macro-economic environment is an importantexternalfactorthat provides the opportunity for the industry to flourish, but it is not enough.
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What is true is that the change in the terms of trade was the largestexternalfactorassisting us in closing the trade gap.
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Historically, social scientists had treated time as a relevant butexternalfactorto spatial features.
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Oneexternalfactorto consider in evaluating display resolution is the resolution of the viewer's eyes.
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The annual amounts will depend on the board's performance in the various regions, and theexternalfactorof the amount of coal that has been burned.
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If theexternalfactoris sufficiently severe, there may even need to be not a reduction in real wage growth but a period of negative real wage growth.
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The headway, in turn, is defined by the breaking performance, or someexternalfactorbased on it, like block sizes.
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These cycles will continue in the direction of their momentum until anexternalfactorintervenes and breaks the cycle.
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