to factor out

Examples

• All

• You can still factor things out unevenly to provide you with fractions.

• You cannot factor out these preconceptions.

• Now that we factor them out, now I can take my B.

• So what we want to do is now in some way we want to sort of give special treatment, factor out the problematic terms and the rest is easy.

• In the late 1980s, the Middle East was a minor trading partner of the industrial powers (the U.S., Europe, and Japan), and if oil were factored out, export figures would fade into insignificance.

  Academic text (1995)

• Elevated temperature and high tides show an elevated geometric mean until rainfall is factored out; then they show geometric means below 33/100 mL.

  Academic text (2009)

• Yet increasing the value of the Yuan will necessarily decrease exports, which probably cannot be offset by growth in household share, due to its very small size (especially after the multipliers from exports and fixed investment are factored out of the household share of GDP).

  Blog text (19)

• When you factor out the unnecessary details, the main point becomes much clearer.

• If we factor out the risky investments, our overall financial outlook improves significantly.

• It's important to factor out personal biases when making objective assessments.

Synonyms

R

to rule out

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246 3.5

Decide that an idea, cause or option should not be considered

considers elements irrelevant rather than proving they are impossible

F

to filter out

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20 3.8

To remove unwanted things from water, air, or lists by letting the rest pass

focuses on ignoring elements in thought rather than physical separation

C

to cancel out

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12 4.0

Make one thing stop the effect of another so nothing happens

removes elements from consideration rather than neutralizing their effects

S

to screen out

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9 4.3

To check and remove people or things that are not wanted

focuses on marking elements irrelevant without detailed examination

W

to wash away

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7 4.3

To make people forget and stop caring about something

is a deliberate decision to set elements aside during judgment

T

to throw overboard

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1 6.0

To reject or get rid of something no longer needed

is a softer, decision-focused act of treating elements as irrelevant

W

to winnow out

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1 7.1

Remove people or things from a group because they are not suitable

is used more generally to mark elements irrelevant outside selection

Antonyms

I

to include

∞ 1.0

To make a person or thing part of something larger

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology