take into account
To consider or include something when making a decision or judgment.
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IELTS use
Useful for discussing policy-making, evaluation, and balanced arguments.
Examples
- When designing a curriculum, educators must take into account diverse learning styles.
- The report takes into account both economic and social factors.
Collocations
- take into account
- The assessment takes into account the student's background.
Paraphrases
- consider: Simpler, more common.
- factor in: Slightly informal.
Common mistakes
- take account into to take into account. Fixed phrase; word order is fixed.
- take in account to take into account. Missing 'to'.