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Idiom

take into consideration

Meaning

To take into account.

Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Examples

“Please take into consideration my request for a day off.”

“When you choose a new apartment, you should take into consideration the distance to your workplace.”

“The committee promised to take into consideration all public feedback before they finalized the new city development plan.”

Examples

simple

“Please take into consideration my request for a day off.”

contextual

“When you choose a new apartment, you should take into consideration the distance to your workplace.”

complex

“The committee promised to take into consideration all public feedback before they finalized the new city development plan.”

Origin

disputed origin

Compare French prendre en considération and Italian prendere in considerazione.

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