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TAKE INTO ACCOUNT
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
Example:
The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash
Synonyms:
allow; take into account
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Hypernyms (to "take into account" is one way to...):
calculate; count on; estimate; figure; forecast; reckon (judge to be probable)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "take into account"):
budget for (calculate enough money for; provide for in the budget)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
