Definition of Take into account

1. Verb. Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something. "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash"

Exact synonyms: Allow
Generic synonyms: Calculate, Count On, Estimate, Figure, Forecast, Reckon
Specialized synonyms: Budget For
Derivative terms: Allowable

Definition of Take into account

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Take Into Account

take for a spin
take for granted
take form
take guard
take heart
take heed
take hold
take hold of
take home
take hostage
take ill
take in
take in charge
take in vain
take in water
take into account (current term)
take inventory
take issue
take issue with
take it away
take it easy
take it from me
take it in turns
take it like a man
take it on the chin
take it or leave it
take it out on
take it outside
take it to the bank
take it up the arse

Literary usage of Take into account

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"... and direction ; to take Into account all the circumstances of the situation, and so to govern herself as to guard against peril to either ves- sel. 3. ..."

2. Travels & Adventures in Canada and the Indian Territories Between the Years by Alexander Henry (1901)
"But, exclusively of the degree of timidity which still prevailed, we are to take into account the ..."

3. The Institutes of Justinian: With English Introduction, Translation, and Notes by William Gardiner Hammond (1876)
"It is easy to see that if \ve begin to make inherent reason the foundation of law, we may find it necessary to take into account the community of actions ..."

4. The Races of Man: An Outline of Anthropology and Ethnography by Joseph Deniker (1900)
"... on the contrary, it is necessary to take into account ethnic character* (linguistic and sociological), and above all geographical ..."

5. A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen by Robert Chambers (1835)
"take into account the invaluable and extensive benefit! which he conferred on the public by so acting, we should pause before we condemn his seeming uant ..."

6. History of Dakota Territory by George Washington Kingsbury, George Martin Smith (1915)
"... and varied in width from two to three to twenty miles, and this did not take into account the burned area on the Iowa side below Sioux Falls. ..."

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