to take account
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4.1
- phrasal verb
:
tener en cuenta
- I suppose I try to take account of all those things when I'm writing, but it's not easy.
- take into account differences
- take into account factors
- take into account cultural differences
They don't take account of unusual cases.
- They don't take account of unusual cases.
- There are four ways in which we can take account of other people.
- Now, how can you not take that into account when you're talking about content?
- We do have to take account of our horrible past.
- You know, are they actually taking account of my needs?
- You have to take account of what you may or may not be doing.
- The problem with that approach is that it doesn't take account of what's called subjective validation.
- So you probably want to take account of that.
- I accept everything you just said and I'm going to take it into account.
- As I was saying earlier, we haven't taken account of of the kind of inevitable diminishing returns.
- Because on Friday, Sage reported that the R is above one in England, though that doesn't take account of the current national restrictions.
- So we take account of the prevalence and we take account of the seriousness of ill health from these causes.
- A law like this doesn't take account of that aspect of medical care that needs to be individualized to the patient.
- The doctor failed to take into account the prior, the base rate.
- I think that is not taking into account the feelings of the listener.
Examples
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But once more, there are some factors to take into account.
Academic text (2011) -
Our understanding of these concepts can be greatly enriched by taking into account several important recent discoveries from neuroscience.
Academic text (2011) -
There are four ways in which we can take account of other people.
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So what we're going to do, however, is take account of another problem.
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You have to take account of what you may or may not be doing.
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You must have a system to take into account employees who get sick, die, or quit.
Fiction book (1997) -
We do have to take account of our horrible past.
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However, single-gender programs take these differences into account when planning educational experiences for boys and girls.
Academic text (2011) -
When considering the use of spiritual interventions, all diversity characteristics must be taken into account.
Academic text (2011) -
When planning the budget, we must take account of any unexpected expenses to avoid overspending.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
To keep something in your mind so you do not forget it
∞
1.1
To think carefully before making a decision
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3.4
To understand how important something is
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3.1
Think something is important and pay attention to it
240
3.0
To remember something when making decisions or thinking about it
103
3.2
Consider something when making a decision
43
3.4
Remember something when you decide or think about it
Antonyms
How Attentive
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to give due consideration' is directly derivable from combining 'take' (to accept/assume or apply an action to something) with 'account' (a consideration or reason). The phrase is essentially a compositional pattern (often as 'take account of' / 'take into account') that is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
The verb take account comes from old money records: people would take out the account book to check and count what was written. That's why it now means 'to think about' or 'to give careful attention' to something.