take account of

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

… 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

Atmospheric general circulation models … simulate atmospheric processes in three dimensions, explicitly taking into account dynamical processes.

—Raymond S. Bradley

Examples of take account of in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The parliamentary finance committee had said the revision took account of the economic impact of Middle East conflict impact and higher copper and cobalt price assumptions. — Ruben Nyanguila, semafor.com, 6 July 2026

Moore added that the most important element investors should take account of now is the durability of current demand rather than the strength of the current environment. — Lisa Kailai Han, CNBC, 2 Mar. 2026

But the economic pundits failed to take account of the disinflationary effect of pro-growth Trump policies like deregulation, tax rate cuts, and pro-America energy policies. — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 31 Dec. 2025

For example, history of slavery and of plantations is associated with cardiovascular health (which is also strongly associated with obesity) and with mortality, even after taking account of other possible effects. — Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for take account of

• above
• foxglove
• hereof
• thereof
• whereof
• dove
• glove
• love
• shove
• hereinabove