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Definitions: Factor |
FactorNoun1. Anything that contributes causally to a result; "a number of factors determined the outcome". 2. An abstract part of something: "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech". 3. Any of the numbers (or symbols) that form a product when multiplied together. 4. One of two or more integers that can be exactly divided into another integer; "what are the 4 factors of 6?". 5. A businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission. Verb1. Resolve into factors. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "factor" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references) |
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Computing | Factor n. See coefficient of X. Source: Jargon File. |
Economics | 1. An agent who receives merchandise under consignment or under a bailment contract, who sells it for the principal or in the factor's own name, and who is paid a commission for each sale. 2. A financing company which purchases accounts receivable under agreed conditions and at agreed discounts and thus makes funds immediately available to approved sellers. (references) |
Finance | A company that buys accounts receivable, which are debts for merchandise or services bought on credit. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A commercial banker or finance company specializing in financial services to producers and dealers(as the discounting of accounts receivable). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Food & Agriculture | A circumstance that affects the results of an observation or experiment. Source: European Union. (references) |
Labor | 1)in job evaluation:type of job requirements;2)in merit rating:type of job capabilities and job efforts. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Factor An agent; a substitute in mercantile affairs; a commission merchant. (Latin, facio, to do, whence the French facteur, one who does something for an employer.) "Asleep and naked as an Indian lay, An honest factor stole a gem away." Pope: Moral Essays, Ep. iii. 361. Thomas Pitt, ancestor of the Earl of Chatham, was appointed by Queen Anne Governor of Fort St. George, in the East Indies, and in 1702 purchased there, for 20,400, a diamond weighing 127 carats, which he sold to the King of France. This gem is still called the Pitt diamond. Pope insinuates that Pitt stole the diamond. This is not exactly true. He obtained it for a price much below its value, and threatened the thief with exposure if he made a fuss about the matter. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mathematics | This word occurs in statistical contexts in several senses:a)in the ordinary mathematical sense, e. g. a factor of an algebraic expression; b)to denote a quantity under examination in an experiment as a possible cause of variation, e. g. in a "factorial" experiment; c)(adapted from psychology)in multivariate analysis, to denote a function of the observed variates, usually linear, which may be regarded as part of those variates; and hence as a "factor" of the variation; d)to denote a constituent item in an average or index number. Source: European Union. (references) |
Occupations | Factors (purchases at discount) accounts receivable from businesses needing operating capital: Directs collection of facts about prospective client's business, such as credit rating of customers, evaluation of past losses, terms of sales, due dates, average amount of invoices, and expected volume and turnover of accounts receivable. Evaluates data collected to determine type of factoring plan to propose and percentage of net face value of accounts to advance which will yield favorable profit margin and alleviate client's cash shortage. Determines charge from fee schedule. Explains factoring agreement to client. Prepares and signs contract specifying terms of agreement and rights and obligations of both parties. May provide clients with other business services, such as credit and collection services, accounts receivable bookkeeping, and management consulting, on contract or fee basis. May specialize in factoring agreements in one or more industries. (references) |
Shipping | A factor is an agent who will, at a discount (usually five to 8% of the gross), buy receivables. (references) |
Statistics | A single discrete classification scheme for data, such that each item classified belongs to exactly one class(level)for that classification scheme. Source: European Union. (references) |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Factor. This word, from the Latin factor, a doer, an agent, signifies working, doing, effecting. Its frequent use in the sense of source or part should be avoided. "All are but factors of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul." Pope employs the better word parts. Source: Slips of Speech. |
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| FA | English | Factor analysis | Mathematics, Statistics |
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Synonyms: FactorSynonyms: agent (n), broker (n), component (n), constituent (n), divisor (n), element (n), ingredient (n), factor in (v), factor out (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Cold | Winter; depth of winter, hard winter; Siberia, Nova Zembla; wind-chill factor. |
Consignee | Functionary, placeman, curator; treasurer; factor, bailiff, clerk, secretary, attorney, advocate, solicitor, proctor, broker, underwriter, commission agent, auctioneer, one's man of business; factotum; (director); caretaker; dalal, dubash, garnishee, gomashta. |
Director | Secretary, secretary of state; Reis Effendi; vicar; (deputy); steward, factor; agent; bailiff, middleman; foreman, clerk of works; landreeve; factotum, major-domo, seneschal, housekeeper, shepherd, croupier; proctor, procurator. |
Number | Sum, difference, complement, subtrahend; product; multiplicand, multiplier, multiplicator; coefficient, multiple; dividend, divisor, factor, quotient, submultiple; fraction, rational number; surd, irrational number; transcendental number; mixed number, complex number, complex conjugate; numerator, denominator; decimal, circulating decimal, repetend; common measure, aliquot part; prime number, prime, relative prime, prime factor, prime pair; reciprocal; totient. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You keep your eyes open, your chances of catching the ball increase by a factor of ten. (A Few Good Men; writing credit: Aaron Sorkin. Based on the play by Aaron Sorkin.) Luck is not a factor. (The Abyss; writing credit: James Cameron.) Yeah, I know, that's why I play the drums - it's me active compensatory factor. (A Hard Day's Night; writing credit: Alun Owen) You see, when it comes to sexual interfacing with the female gender group, I've always been caution-orientated due to ongoing problems of an adaptive nature regarding the gooiness factor on the physical front. (Drop the Dead Donkey; writing credit: Andy Hamilton; Guy Jenkin) Free will is obviously not a big factor in this little world of ours. (eXistenZ; writing credit: David Cronenberg) | |
Clever | WARNING: The consumption of alcohol is a major factor in dancing like a retard. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Neptune Factor (1973) Factor miedo (2003) Fear Factor (2003) Control Factor (2003) Fear Factor (2002) | |
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 | [Working at the Rh factor bench].Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | Nerve growth factor.Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Consult your physician; High cholesterol, the major factor...Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ||
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Theodore Roosevelt | Character, in the long run, is the decisive factor in the life of an individual and of nations alike. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This is a well-documented factor. (references) | |
Family history is another risk factor. (references) | ||
This is the most important matching factor. (references) | ||
Business | An additional factor is market timing. (references) | |
Language is a crucial factor in France. (references) | ||
A very important factor is accessibility. (references) | ||
Children | China | Neglect of baby girls is one factor in their lower survival rate. (references) |
Sierra Leone | Ethnic loyalty remained an important factor in the government, the armed forces, and business. (references) | |
Bulgaria | A social milieu that often does not highly value formal education also is a contributing factor. (references) | |
Civil Liberties | Egypt | It remains unclear whether religion was a factor in the actions of the police officers. (references) |
Syria | However, in the case of Alawis, religion can be a contributing factor in determining career opportunities. (references) | |
Egypt | Some human rights groups outside Egypt believe that religion was a factor in the al-Kush murder investigation, but most human rights and Christian activists in Egypt do not. (references) | |
Discrimination | Uganda | Race was not a factor in national politics. (references) |
Economic History | Brazil | Quality control is also an important factor. (references) |
Bulgaria | Brand names are an important marketing factor. (references) | |
Human Rights | Uruguay | Most judges choose the written method, a major factor slowing the judicial process. (references) |
Georgia | Human rights organizations point to judge's limited experience in case law as a contributing factor. (references) | |
Pakistan | However, many observers believe that Raad's involvement in the Sharif trial was not a factor in his death. (references) | |
Indigenous People | India | These integrative policies have been motivated partly by humanitarian concerns, although interest in commercial exploitation of virgin forests that are inhabited by tribal people is another strong factor behind these policies. (references) |
Minorities | Cambodia | Ethnic bias did not appear to be a factor in the crime or the verdict. (references) |
Kuwait | However, others do not see conversion to Islam as a factor in this regard. (references) | |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | Population growth has been a significant factor in rising poverty. (references) |
Lebanon | Hizballah has not given up its arms and remains a factor in the South. (references) | |
PORTUGAL | Joining the European Union in 1986 was a primary factor in this progress. (references) | |
Political Rights | Greece | Members of the Muslim community noted that this decentralization has been a positive factor in local and regional development. (references) |
Cote d'Ivoire | Before the adoption of the new Electoral Code, the number of registered voters in districts of the National Assembly, each of which elects one representative, varied by as much as a factor of 10; these inequalities systematically favored the ruling party. (references) | |
Trade | Eq. Guinea | Supplier credit, therefore, is often a determining factor in a competitive sale. (references) |
Women | Kiribati | Frequently, alcohol abuse is a factor in attacks on women. (references) |
Mauritius | Alcohol or drugs was a contributing factor in nearly 70 percent of these cases. (references) | |
South Africa | Entrenched patriarchal attitudes towards women are a significant factor in underreporting. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Cambodia | Poverty and ignorance in villages was a major factor in contributing to the trafficking problem. (references) |
Bulgaria | A factor contributing to the high number of trafficking victims from the country is the high unemployment rate among young women. (references) | |
Thailand | NGO's believe the lack of citizenship status for some hilltribe women and children is a strong risk factor for becoming victims of trafficking. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | TREE, n. A tall vegetable intended by nature to serve as a penal apparatus, though through a miscarriage of justice most trees bear only a negligible fruit, or none at all. When naturally fruited, the tree is a beneficient agency of civilization and an important factor in public morals. In the stern West and the sensitive South its fruit (white and black respectively) though not eaten, is agreeable to the public taste and, though not exported, profitable to the general welfare. That the legitimate relation of the tree to justice was no discovery of Judge Lynch (who, indeed, conceded it no primacy over the lamp-post and the bridge-girder) is made plain by the following passage from Morryster, who antedated him by two centuries: While in yt londe I was carried to see ye Ghogo tree, whereof I had hearde moch talk; but sayynge yt I saw naught remarkabyll in it, ye hed manne of ye villayge where it grewe made answer as followeth: "Ye tree is not nowe in fruite, but in his seasonne you shall see dependynge fr. his braunches all soch as have affroynted ye King his Majesty." And I was furder tolde yt ye worde "Ghogo" sygnifyeth in yr tong ye same as "rapscal" in our owne. Trauvells in ye Easte |
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Ann Richards | I know that my alcoholism affected osteoporosis. And I was also a smoker. Smoking is very bad for your bones. So absolutely it is a factor in my osteoporosis. |
Dan Rather | Well, they may have been slow to pick up on it, but I think they have picked up on it. Now, dealing with it is something else. And anybody who thinks it won't be a factor in this year's election just simply doesn't know politics. |
Rush Limbaugh | The most important factor to closing the deficit will be economic growth. |
William Shatner | Tragedy, loss, grief. Big, big factor of grief. And so, to take the moment and say my heart, our hearts go out to all those people who are grieving Danny Pearl and the rest of the world, there's so many, so many tragedies. |
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| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Harry S. Truman | 1945-1953 | The governing factor now has become the requirement for troops in sufficient strength to carry out their missions. |
Dwight Eisenhower | 1953-1961 | Another factor in maintaining balance involves the element of time. |
Gerald Ford | 1974-1977 | Our relations with the Communist countries are a basic factor of the world environment. |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | Education is a key factor in reducing drug abuse. |
Bill Clinton | 1993-2001 | We must remember that drugs are a factor in an enormous percentage of crimes. |
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| "Factor" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.95% of the time. "Factor" is used about 6,249 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.95% | 6,246 | 1,562 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.03% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 6,249 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "factor" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Factor | Last name | 1,000 | 18,721 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "factor": absorption factor ♦ accelerator factor ♦ accident contributory factor ♦ accident factor ♦ ADP-Ribosylation Factor 1 ♦ aggravating factor ♦ ameliorating factor ♦ amplification factor ♦ amplitude factor ♦ Angiogenesis Factor ♦ antiberiberi factor ♦ antihaemophilic factor ♦ antihemophilic factor ♦ antihemorrhagic factor ♦ antiophthalmic factor ♦ antipernicious anemia factor ♦ Atrial Natriuretic Factor ♦ attenuation factor ♦ autoclave-resistant factor ♦ autocrine growth factor ♦ Autocrine Motility Factor ♦ batman factor ♦ blackening factor ♦ Blood Coagulation Factor Inhibitors ♦ blue reflectance factor ♦ Boltzmann factor ♦ Boltzmann's factor ♦ Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor ♦ branching factor ♦ cargo load factor ♦ Cattell Personality Factor Questionnaire ♦ causal factor ♦ CCAAT-Binding Factor ♦ Christmas factor ♦ ciliary neurotrophic factor ♦ climatic factor ♦ clotting factor ♦ coagulation factor ♦ cobra venom factor ♦ cognitive factor ♦ collector flow factor ♦ common factor ♦ Complement 3 Nephritic Factor ♦ Complement Factor B ♦ Complement Factor D ♦ Complement Factor H ♦ Complement Factor I ♦ concentration factor ♦ contributory factor ♦ convergence factor ♦ conversion factor ♦ correction factor ♦ correlation factor ♦ coupling factor of 2 circuits ♦ coupling factor of two circuits ♦ Currency Adjustment Factor ♦ d.c.conversion factor ♦ d.c.form factor ♦ DC form factor ♦ decisive factor ♦ deflecting factor ♦ demand factor ♦ determining factor ♦ direct current form factor ♦ disadvantage factor ♦ discount factor ♦ disruptive factor ♦ disturbing environmental factor ♦ drag factor ♦ dusty factor ♦ duty factor ♦ E2F factor ♦ economic factor ♦ effort Adjustment Factor ♦ elongation factor ♦ Epidermal Growth Factor ♦ epidermal growth factor receptor ♦ equivalence factor ♦ extension factor ♦ extreme range of an influencing factor ♦ F Factor ♦ factor analysis ♦ factor I ♦ factor II ♦ factor III ♦ factor in ♦ factor IV ♦ Factor IX ♦ Factor IXa ♦ factor of proportionality ♦ factor of safety ♦ factor out ♦ Factor V ♦ Factor V Deficiency ♦ Factor Va ♦ Factor VII ♦ Factor VII Deficiency ♦ Factor VIIa ♦ Factor VIII ♦ Factor VIIIa ♦ Factor X. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "factor": factor-alpha, factor-analytic, factor-augmenting, factor-beta, Factor-i, factor-inducible, factor-like. | |
Ending with "factor": f-factor, high-factor, location-factor, two-factor. | |
Containing "factor": Insulin-Like Growth-Factor Binding Protein 1. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
max factor | 1,322 |
fear factor | 950 |
factor | 646 |
o reilly factor | 582 |
focus factor | 580 |
conversion factor | 454 |
x factor | 271 |
the oreilly factor | 267 |
impact factor | 242 |
calcium factor | 222 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "factor"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | faktor (agent, circumstance, consideration, element), rrethanë (case, circumstance, consideration, development, occasion), përfaqësues (commissioner, delegate, deputy, exponent, legate, representative, spokesman, vakeel, Vakil), komisioner (broker, salesman), element (cell, component, consideration, detail, element, member, piece, unit), agjent (agent, informant, operator). (various references) | |
Arabic | وكيل تجاري, وسيط تجاري (broker, propagandist), حلل إلى عوامل (factorize), المورثة (gene), العامل (laborer, laborist, labourer, labourist, operative, operator, performer, stiff, worker), الجينة (gene). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | управител на имение (bailiff, estate agent), фактор (agent, medium), комисионер (agent, jobber), коефициент (coefficient, module, multiplier, quotient, ratio), множител (multiplier), агент (agent, broker, feeler, implement, investigator, minister, nark, plant, procurator), пълномощник (agent, assignee, attorney, commissary, deputy, employer, mandatary, mandatory, procurator, proxy, vicegerent), представител (agent, deputy, distributor, mouth, prophet, rep, representation, representative, secondary, spokesman, vakeel), причина (account, cause, excuse, occasion, parent, reason, room, score, spring, subject, why), посредник (agent, ambassador, banian, banyan, broker, go between, intercessor, intermediary, mediator, middleman, moderator, negotiant, negotiator, umpire), делител (divider, divisor, measure). (various references) | |
Chinese | (element). (various references) | |
Czech | faktor (circumstance), dìlitel (aliquot), agent (rep), èinitel (agency, agent). (various references) | |
Danish | faktor (head of the composing room). (various references) | |
Dutch | factor. (various references) | |
Finnish | tekijä (actor, author, maker, work). (various references) | |
French | facteur. (various references) | |
German | Faktor (coefficient, foreman, overseer), teiler (divider, divisor, halving becket, lifting strap, lifting strop). (various references) | |
Greek | παράγοντας (operand). (various references) | |
Hebrew | 'ורם (agent, cause, ground). (various references) | |
Hungarian | ügynök (agent, bagman, broker, business agent, drummer, goer between, mole, scrivener, solicitor, spy), tényező (agent, coefficient, consideration), szorzótényező, együttható (coefficient, moduli, modulus), bizományos (consignee, consigner, stockist), alkotóelem (component, component part, constituent, element). (various references) | |
Indonesian | faktor (element), unsur (element, particle). (various references) | |
Italian | fattore (consideration, creator, maker, manciple, steward, stewards). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | ファイル分離キャラクタ (bassoon, facade, facility, FACOM, facsimile, fact, faction, factoring, factory, factory automation, factory team, fagot-stitch, fagotting stitch, fascism, fascist, fax, Feynman, file separator, finder, fine, fine ceramics, fine chemical, fine food, fine play, foul, foul line, foul tip, foundation, fuzzy, fuzzy computer, fuzzy logic), 数 , 子 (element), (cause). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ファクター , い"すう (argument, G n), い"し (element, hermit, recluse, shrine of evil deity, stamp), い" (cause, mark, member, official rank, permit, print, rhyme, seal, sincerity, stamp, yin). (various references) | |
Korean | "인. (various references) | |
Manx | stiurt (marshal, steward), maor, faghteyr. (various references) | |
Norwegian | faktor. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | actorfay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | factor. (various references) | |
Romanian | factor (agency, agent, counter-agent, element, unit), samsar (agent, broker, go between, middleman), intermediar (agent, go between, interjacent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, mediate, mediator, medium, middleman, negotiator, neutral, salesman, wangler), coeficient (coefficient, modulus, multiplier, quotient), agent comercial (canvasser), agent (agency, agent, assignee, broker, clerk, courier, go between, means, medium, minister). (various references) | |
Russian | фактор (agent), комиссионер (comissioner, commissionaire, huckster, middleman, salesman), множитель (ier, multiplier), агент (agent, contact man, promotion man). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | faktor, činilac (agent), agent (agent). (various references) | |
Spanish | factor (agent, factotum). (various references) | |
Swedish | faktor (foreman). (various references) | |
Turkish | finansör (backer), faktör (agent, element), tambölen, katsayı (coefficient, exponent, multiple, parameter), kalıtımsal özellik taşıyan gen, kâhya (bailiff, Butler, Chamberlain, do all, estate agent, factotum, major domo, steward, utility man), etmen (agent), etken (active, agent, determinant, dominant, effective, ingredient), eleman (component, element, personnel, rmployee, staff member), değişken (capricious, changeable, changeful, choppy, erratic, fickle, fitful, flexible, flexile, fluid, fluxional, incalculable, inconsistent, inconstant, inequable, labile, mercurial, mobile, mutable, protean, shifting, sliding, streaked, streaky, swinging, uncertain, unfunded, unstable, unsteady, variable, variant, versatile), aracı kuruluş, öğe (component, constituent, element, unit), çarpan (heady, multiplier, striking). (various references) | |
Ukranian | фактор (agency, agent), комісіонер (commissionaire, middleman, salesman), агент (agent, assignee, broker, doer, emissary, envoy). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhân tố người quản lý. (various references) | |
Welsh | ffactor, gweithredydd (agent, doer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | factor, officina. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | facteur. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 32, Verse 22 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou gar epistamai qaumasai proswpon ei de mh kai eme shteV edontai |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nescio enim quamdiu subsistam et si post modicum tollat me factor meus |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I wot neuere forsothe hou longe I shal stonde stille, and if after a litil take me my Makere. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing my maker would soon take me away. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For I know not to give flattering titles; in so doing, my Maker would soon take me away. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For I am not able to give names of honour to any man; and if I did, my Maker would quickly take me away. |
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| Language | Job Chapter 32, Verse 22 |
| Albanian | sepse unë nuk di të bëj lajka, përndryshe Krijuesi im do të më hiqte shpejt nga mesi". |
| Bulgarian | Защото не зная да лаская; Иначе Създателят ми би ме отмахнал веднага. |
| Cebuano | Kay ako dili maantigong mohatag ug mga ngalang maulo-ulohon; Tingali hinoon ang akong magbubuhat magkuha kanako sa madali. |
| Chinese | 我 不 曉 得 奉 承 、 若 奉 承 、 我 的 主 必 快 快 除 滅 我 。 |
| Croatian | Laskati ja ne umijem nikako, jer smjesta bi me Tvorac moj smaknuo. |
| Danish | thi at smigre bruger jeg ikke, snart rev min Skaber mig ellers bort! |
| Dutch | Want ik weet geen bijnamen te gebruiken; in kort zou mijn Maker mij wegnemen. |
| Finnish | Sillä en osaa imarrella; silloin Luojani ottaisi minut kohta pois." |
| French | Car je ne sais pas flatter: Mon créateur m`enlèverait bien vite. |
| German | Denn ich weiß nicht zu schmeicheln; leicht würde mich sonst mein Schöpfer dahinraffen. |
| Haitian Creole | Mwen pa konn flate moun. Lèfini, si m' ta fè sa, Bondye ki kreye m' lan ta disparèt mwen lapoula. |
| Hungarian | Mert én hizelkedni nem tudok; könnyen elszólíthatna engem a teremtõm! |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Cara menyanjung-nyanjung pun, aku tidak tahu, dan seandainya aku melakukan itu, Allah akan segera menghukum aku. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tiada tahu aku membujuk orang; jikalau kiranya aku membujuk, baiklah Khalikku menghapuskan daku pada sesaat ini juga. |
| Italian | perché io non so adulare: altrimenti il mio creatore in breve mi eliminerebbe. |
| Korean | 이 " 아 첨 줄 을 알 지 못 함 이 라 만 일 그 리 하 면 나 를 지 으 자 가 속 히 나 를 취 하 시 리 로 다 |
| Maori | Kahore hoki ahau e mohio ki te whakapati; penei kua riro wawe ahau i toku Kaihanga. |
| Modern Greek | "ιοτι δεν εξευρω να κολακευω· ο οιητης μου ηθελε με αναρπασει ευθυς. |
| Norwegian | for jeg forstår ikke å smigre; ellers kunde min skaper lett rykke mig bort. |
| Portuguese | Porque não sei usar de lisonjas; do contrário, em breve me levaria o meu Criador. |
| Rumanian | cqci nu wtiu sq linguwesc: altfel, kntr`o clipealq m`ar lua Ziditorul meu. |
| Russian | ПФПНХ ЮФП С ОЕ ХНЕА МШУФЙФШ: УЕКЮБУ Х'ЕК НЕОС, фЧПТЕ" НПК. |
| Spanish | Porque nunca he sabido adular; mi Hacedor me llevaría en breve. |
| Swedish | Nej, jag förstår ej att tala inställsamma ord; huru lätt kunde ej eljest min skapare rycka mig bort! |
| Thai | เพราะข้าพเจ้าประจบสอพลอไม่ไ"้ ถ้าทำอย่างนั้น ผู้ทรงสร้างของข้าพเจ้าจะกำจั"ข้าพเจ้าเสียในไม่ช้า" |
| Ukrainian | бо не вмію підлещуватись! Коли ж ні, нехай зараз візьме мене мій Творець! |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "factor": factorable, factorage, factorages, factored, factorial, factorials, factories, factoring, factorization, factorizations, factorize, factorized, factorizes, factorizing, factors, factorship, factorships, factory, factorylike. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "factor": benefactor, cofactor, malefactor, multifactor, nonfactor. (additional references) | |
Words containing "factor": benefactors, calefactories, calefactory, cofactors, dissatisfactory, malefactors, manufactories, manufactory, multifactorial, multifactorially, nonfactors, olfactory, satisfactorily, satisfactoriness, satisfactorinesses, satisfactory, unsatisfactorily, unsatisfactoriness, unsatisfactorinesses, unsatisfactory. (additional references) | |
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"Factor" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Afcor, Faccio, Facho, facio, faco, Facom, facour, Facstar, Factbox, Factel, facteur, facti, factorn, factos, factura, faktor, Fancott, farctur, fashport, Fatar, fato, fator, Fatou, fatto, Fattori, Fewcott, Fictor, flator, foptur. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "factor" (pronounced fa"kter) |
| 4 | -a" k t er | actor, compactor, detractor, reactor, refractor, tractor. |
| 3 | -k t er | abductor, benefactor, character, chiropractor, collector, conductor, connecter, connector, constrictor, constructor, contractor, defector, detector, director, doctor, erector, Hector, inductor, injector, inspector, instructor, lector, malefactor, nectar, objector, predictor, Proctor, projector, prospector, protector, rector, sector, semiconductor, Specter, spectre, stricter, subcontractor, superconductor, vector, Victor. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-o-r-t" | |
-1 letter: actor, craft, croft, taroc. | |
-2 letters: arco, cart, coat, coft, corf, fact, faro, fart, fora, fort, frat, orca, raft, rato, rota, taco, taro, tora, torc. | |
-3 letters: act, aft, arc, arf, art, car, cat, cor, cot, far, fat, for, fro, oaf, oar, oat, oca, oft, ora, orc, ort, rat, roc, rot, tao, tar, tor. | |
-4 letters: ar, at, fa, of, or, ta, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: factors, factory. | |
+2 letters: cofactor, factored, footrace, forecast, fraction, offtrack, trifocal. | |
+3 letters: cafetoria, cofactors, cofeature, colorfast, factorage, factorial, factories, factoring, factorize, flowchart, footraces, forcemeat, forecasts, fornicate, fortalice, fractions, fractious, furcation, nonfactor, olfactory, refractor, rockshaft, trifocals, woodcraft. | |
+4 letters: aftershock, beachfront, benefactor, cafetorium, clofibrate, cofavorite, cofeatured, cofeatures, confrontal, cotransfer, defalcator, fabricator, factorable, factorages, factorials, factorized, factorizes, factorship, fascinator, flowcharts, forcemeats, forecasted, forecaster, forecastle, fornicated, fornicates, fornicator, fortalices, fractional, fractioned, frictional, furcations, hovercraft, infarction, infraction, malefactor, nonfactors, oceanfront, refraction, refractors, refractory, rockshafts, rotorcraft, scoutcraft, vociferant, vociferate, woodcrafts. | |
+5 letters: aftershocks, anfractuous, beachfronts, benefactors, bifurcation, cafetoriums, calefactory, clofibrates, cofavorites, cofeaturing, comfortable, comfortably, confederate, confiscator, conflagrant, confrontals, cotransfers, craftswoman, craftswomen, defalcators, diffraction, fabrication, fabricators, facilitator, factorizing, factorships, factorylike, fascinators, felicitator, flocculator, forecasters, forecasting, forecastles, formalistic, fornicating, fornication, fornicators, fractionate, fractioning, fractiously, functionary, hovercrafts, infarctions, informatics, infractions, lactiferous, malefactors, manufactory, multifactor, obfuscatory, oceanfronts, pacificator, parfocality, purificator, rarefaction, refractions, reification, scoutcrafts, vociferated, vociferates, vociferator. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 61 63 74 6F 72 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)..-. .- -.-. - --- .-. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01100001 01100011 01110100 01101111 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F a c t o r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0061 0063 0074 006F 0072 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)406769868184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Non-fiction 10. Quotations: Spoken 11. Quotations: Speeches 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Abbreviations 20. Acronyms | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Orthography | 25. Bibliography |
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