take account of
idiomatic phrase
variants
or take into account
: to give attention or consideration to (something)
a plan that failed to take account of possible weather delays = a plan that failed to take possible weather delays into account
She took account of everything he did and said, pondering it, and trying to make out exactly what he meant, to the inflection of a syllable, the slightest movement or gesture.—
William Dean Howells
William Dean Howells… he developed a mathematical model for projecting production of mineral resources, taking account of expected demand and the amount thought to be still in the ground.—Richard A. Kerr
Richard A. KerrAtmospheric general circulation models … simulate atmospheric processes in three dimensions, explicitly taking into account dynamical processes.—Raymond S. Bradley
Raymond S. BradleyExamples of take account of in a Sentence
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When adjusted to take account of inflation, that’s a fivefold increase.
—Matthew Crenson, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
But the guidelines do not take account of whether a soldier is exposed to a single blast or to a thousand.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In the economic realm, what is required is not total decoupling but partial disengagement, a substantial realignment of trade and investment policies that takes account of three facts.
—Aaron L. Friedberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
In a statement to his cabinet, Mr. Shtayyeh, an academic economist who took office in 2019, said the next administration would need to take account of the current situation in Gaza, which has been laid waste by nearly five months of heavy fighting.
—Ali Sawafta, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
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Matthew Crenson, Baltimore Sun, 3 Mar. 2024
But the guidelines do not take account of whether a soldier is exposed to a single blast or to a thousand.
—Dave Philipps, New York Times, 2 May 2024
In the economic realm, what is required is not total decoupling but partial disengagement, a substantial realignment of trade and investment policies that takes account of three facts.
—Aaron L. Friedberg, Foreign Affairs, 11 Aug. 2020
In a statement to his cabinet, Mr. Shtayyeh, an academic economist who took office in 2019, said the next administration would need to take account of the current situation in Gaza, which has been laid waste by nearly five months of heavy fighting.
—Ali Sawafta, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Feb. 2024
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