Definition of "take account" []

• Be fully aware of; realize fully (verb)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "And the assessment of the nuclear option should take account of advantages such as avoidance of CO2 emissions."
• "The sexual theory of dreams has by some authorities been characterized as greatly over-emphasized, as failing to take account of other factors and interests of human personality."
• "Even if we add something to take account of the tax-avoiding black economy, that is a sorry economic performance indeed."