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

… 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

If the researchers are right, that could mean an extended period of upward pressure on overall inflation from shelter alone (and that doesn't take account of any other concurring shocks that might push up other categories). —Courtenay Brown, Axios, 18 Oct. 2024

Scientists say worldwide greenhouse gas emissions must go down to zero by 2050 on a net basis — taking account of all the pollution produced and removed from the atmosphere — in order to keep global warming to no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius. —Olesya Dmitracova, CNN, 16 Oct. 2024

Just to note again that the board’s fiduciary is to the corporation and in doing so must take account of shareholder and stakeholder interests. —Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024

The reality is that leadership teams are failing to take account of the data. —Marty Davies, Fortune Europe, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1549, in the meaning defined above