take into account

verb

To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.

“His plan did not take into account the possibility of rain.”

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Meanings

verbtake into account (third-person singular simple present takes into account, present participle taking into account, simple past took into account, past participle taken into account)

present singular third person takes into account · participle present taking into account · past took into account · participle past taken into account

  1. idiomaticTo consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.

    His plan did not take into account the possibility of rain.

    1 more example

    According to figures of the Boston Police Community Disorders Unit (CDU), civil rights violations have decreased in 1986. These figures do not include attacks against lesbians and gay men. If the CDU were to take into account gay bashing, their numbers would double.

    1986 February 15, Kim Westheimer, “Alliance Releases Bashing Stats”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 39, page 2

    Synonyms: take account of, take into consideration

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.

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take account oftake into consideration

More synonyms by meaning

verballow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something

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allow
Broader
calculateestimatereckon
Also see
allowconsidertake account of

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Arabic أخذ بعين الاعتبار
  • أخذ بعين الاعتبارto consider or regard; to include
Catalan tenir en compte
  • tenir en compteto consider or regard; to include
Chinese Mandarin 顧及 /顾及, 考慮 /考虑
  • 顧及 /顾及 (gùjí)to consider or regard; to include
  • 考慮 /考虑 (kǎolǜ)to consider or regard; to include
  • 着想 (zhuóxiǎng)to consider or regard; to include
Czech zohlednit
  • zohlednitto consider or regard; to include
Dutch rekening houden met
  • rekening houden metto consider or regard; to include
Finnish ottaa huomioon
  • ottaa huomioonto consider or regard; to include
French tenir compte de, prendre en compte
  • tenir compte deto consider or regard; to include
  • prendre en compteto consider or regard; to include
  • considérerto consider or regard; to include
German berücksichtigen, in Betracht ziehen
  • berücksichtigento consider or regard; to include
  • in Betracht ziehento consider or regard; to include
Greek λαμβάνω υπόψη
  • λαμβάνω υπόψη (lamváno ypópsi)to consider or regard; to include
Hungarian számításba vesz, számol vele
  • számításba veszto consider or regard; to include
  • számol veleto consider or regard; to include
  • figyelembe veszto consider or regard; to include
Italian tenere conto di, prendere in considerazione
  • tenere conto dito consider or regard; to include
  • prendere in considerazioneto consider or regard; to include
  • considerareto consider or regard; to include
Japanese 鑑みる, 考慮する
  • 鑑みる (kangamiru)to consider or regard; to include
  • 考慮する (kōryo suru)to consider or regard; to include
Korean 고려하다
  • 고려하다 (goryeo-hada)to consider or regard; to include
Persian به حساب آوردن, در نظر گرفتن
  • به حساب آوردنto consider or regard; to include
  • در نظر گرفتنto consider or regard; to include
Polish brać pod uwagę, wziąć pod uwagę
  • brać pod uwagęto consider or regard; to include
  • wziąć pod uwagęto consider or regard; to include
Portuguese levar em conta
  • levar em contato consider or regard; to include
Romanian lua în calcul
  • lua în calculto consider or regard; to include
Russian учи́тывать, уче́сть
  • учи́тывать (učítyvatʹ)to consider or regard; to include
  • уче́сть (učéstʹ)to consider or regard; to include
  • принима́ть в расчёт (prinimátʹ v rasčót)to consider or regard; to include
  • приня́ть в расчёт (prinjátʹ v rasčót)to consider or regard; to include
  • принима́ть во внима́ние (prinimátʹ vo vnimánije)to consider or regard; to include
  • приня́ть во внима́ние (prinjátʹ vo vnimánije)to consider or regard; to include
  • принима́ть к све́дению (prinimátʹ k svédeniju)to consider or regard; to include
  • приня́ть к све́дению (prinjátʹ k svédeniju)to consider or regard; to include
  • име́ть в виду́ (imétʹ v vidú)to consider or regard; to include
Scottish Gaelic gabh a-steach
  • gabh a-steachto consider or regard; to include
Spanish tomar en cuenta, tener en cuenta
  • tomar en cuentato consider or regard; to include
  • tener en cuentato consider or regard; to include
Ukrainian враховувати, врахувати
  • враховувати (vraxovuvaty)to consider or regard; to include
  • врахувати (vraxuvaty)to consider or regard; to include
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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