Definition of "take into account" []

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

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• "Thus the “problem ori - ented” American judge will take into account trends of decision in other United States jurisdictions and apply principles of legal philosophy much more readily than his English counterpart."
• "In doing their calculations, the Geiers failed to take into account that 1990 was the first year “autism” was given its own category by the DOE."
• "Yes, an instant thirty-five-mile-long defensive system strains credulity but only if we fail to take into account the lay of the land."