“Take into account” means to consider something when you plan, decide or judge. We use it when a circumstance affects a plan, a decision or an assessment: “take the traffic into account”, “take into account the cost of the visa”.
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take + noun/it + into account; take into account + long noun phrase; take into account the fact that + clause
- When you plan the route, take the evening traffic into account.
- The teacher took my week of illness into account when she marked the essay.
- Our budget doesn't take into account the cost of visas and travel insurance.
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First versionThe plan doesn't take in account the cost of hotel rooms.
RevisionThe plan doesn't take into account the cost of hotel rooms.
“Take in account” is a common mistake: this expression always uses “into”. A long object can go at the end, as in this sentence. A short object or a pronoun goes in the middle: “take it into account”.
“Consider” can sometimes mean the same, but more often it means “think about” or “look at as an option”: “We're considering a new supplier.” “Take into account” is about a fact that affects the result: “We took the delivery time into account.”
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I told my manager about my evening classes, and she promised to take ___ when she plans the shifts.
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it into account — The pronoun “it” goes between “take” and “into account”. It can't move to the end of the expression, so “into account it” is wrong.
Describe how you planned a trip or a project. Name one factor you took into account and what you changed in the plan because of it.
When we planned the team trip, we took the rainy weather into account and booked an indoor tour instead.
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