Example: We moeten rekening houden met het feit dat het regent.
Definition
"Rekening houden met het feit dat" means to take into consideration or to acknowledge a particular fact or circumstance when making decisions or judgments, as in recognizing that something is true or will happen.
The phrase "rekening houden met het feit dat" originates from Dutch, where "rekening houden" means to keep account or take into account, and "het feit dat" means the fact that. Together, it forms a common expression used to indicate the act of considering or factoring in certain facts, much like balancing an account.
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"Rekening houden met het feit dat" appears in the Vocaplus list "Dutch - General - Idioms and Proverbs - (B2) - set 1", containing 105 commonly used expressions.
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to take into account the fact that