factor — meaning in English

English meaning

• factor noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
• maker noun A person, company, or thing that makes or produces something.

Senses

factor is used for these senses in English:

• factor (obsolete) A doer, maker; a person who does things for another person or organization.
• maker Someone who makes; a person or thing that makes or produces something.

factor — full definition

1. noun One of several things that contributes to or influences a result.
2. noun A number that divides evenly into another number.
3. verb To rewrite a mathematical expression as a product of simpler terms, or to find the numbers that divide it evenly.
4. verb To take something into account when making a decision.

maker — full definition

1. noun A person, company, or thing that makes or produces something.
2. name A reverent term for God as creator, often capitalized.

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