"take into consideration" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take into consideration.ogg Forms: takes into consideration [present, singular, third-person], taking into consideration [participle, present], took into consideration [past], taken into consideration [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> into consideration}} take into consideration (third-person singular simple present takes into consideration, present participle taking into consideration, simple past took into consideration, past participle taken into consideration)
  1. (idiomatic) To take into account. Tags: idiomatic Derived forms: offence to be taken into consideration, TIC Translations (take into account): tage hensyn til (Danish), berekening houden met (Dutch), prendre en considération (French), prendre en compte (French), tenir compte (French), berücksichtigen (German), Rücksicht nehmen auf (German), in Betracht ziehen (German), tekintetbe vesz (Hungarian), figyelembe vesz (Hungarian), prendere in considerazione (Italian), prendere in conto (Italian), brać pod uwagę [imperfective] (Polish), wziąć pod uwagę [perfective] (Polish), lua în considerare (Romanian), ta hänsyn till (Swedish)

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "take into account",
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      "sense": "take into account",
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      "sense": "take into account",
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