phrasal verb với động từ gốc · neutral
take on board
UK/teɪk ɒn bɔːd/US/teɪk ɑn bɔrd/TAKE on BOARD
to accept and act on advice, criticism or information
Examples
“After the pilot study, the team took the reviewers' suggestions on board and improved the questionnaire.”
“It's important for managers to take customer feedback on board when updating services.”
“She said she'd take my comments on board before the final draft.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the panel raised several valid concerns, the ministry failed to take them on board when drafting the final policy.”
Collocations
- take feedback on board
- take someone's suggestion on board
- take comments on board
Word family
Common mistakes
take aboard→take on board
take on it board→take it on board
take into account (every time interchangeably)→take on board
Say it for a higher band
5think about→6consider→7+take on board
Synonyms
accept
consider
Easily confused
take into account
“The committee took the budget constraints into account when planning the project.”
take on
“The company decided to take on extra staff for the busy season.”
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