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Verb: take into account
  1. Allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something
    "We need to take into account the potential for delays";
    - allow, bear in mind

Derived forms: took into account, taken into account, takes into account, taking into account

Type of: calculate, count on, estimate, figure, forecast, reckon