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took into account

took into account is the simple past of take into account.

Meaning of take into account

Verb

take into account (third-person singular simple present takes into account, present participle taking into account, simple past took into account, past participle taken into account)

  1. (idiomatic) To consider or regard; to include (as in an estimate or plan) or pay attention to; to notice; to allow for, factor in.
    • His plan did not take into account the possibility of rain.

Questions about took into account

What is took into account the simple past of?
Took into account is the simple past of take into account.

Words near took into account in the dictionary

  1. took hostage
  2. took huff
  3. took ill
  4. took in
  5. took in hand
  6. took into account
  7. took into consideration
  8. took issue to
  9. took it
  10. took it away
  11. took it easy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: took into account (page history and authors); take into account (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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