take into account (redirected from take into consideration)

take someone or something into account and take into account someone or something

to remember to consider someone or something. I hope you'll take Bill and Bob into account when you plan the party. I'll try to take into account all the things that are important in a situation like this.

See also: account, take

take something into account and take something into consideration

to consider something to be an important factor in some decision. We will take your long years of service into account when we make our final decision. You can be certain that we will take it into consideration.

See also: account, take

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take something/somebody into account  also take account of something/somebody

to think about something or someone when you are making a decision or a judgement I hope they'll take her age into account when they're judging her work. (often + that ) They took into account that he'd never been in trouble before. Her book takes no account of (= does not consider) recent research carried out in America.

See also: account, take

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take something into account also take account of something

to include something when making a decision or judgment Salespeople have to take into account the differences between their customers.

Related vocabulary: allow for something Opposite of: take no account of something

See also: account, take