what's the meaning of "take account"???
here is the text: psychometric testing is useful but can't take account of attraction.

and what's the meaning of this sentence? :"we were compatible but there just wasn't that spark of attraction.:

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what's the meaning of "take account"???
here is the text: psychometric testing is useful but can't take account of attraction.

and what's the meaning of this sentence? :"we were compatible but there just wasn't that spark of attraction.:

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Here, "take account of" means "include, among the factors contributing to something."

"I think Saturday would be a great day for a picnic in City Park."
"You're not taking account of the mosquitoes. They're awful there at this time of year."

An example that is closer to yours:
"I check my weight weekly on my bathroom scale."
"Yes, but the scale doesn't take account of what percentage of your weight is body fat."

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I believe to take account the first question is possibly explain attraction I am a native English speaker and that one confuses me a little bit but the second question means they have a lot in common they just weren't attracted to each other or they didn't like the way the other person looked

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