Account+for
1account for — give a satisfactory record or explanation of. → account account for succeed in killing or defeating. → account account for supply or make up (a specified amount). → account …
2account for — (something) 1. to explain the reason for something. More police on the streets accounted for less street crime. 2. to form the total of an amount of something. In Florida, people over 60 account for more than 25 percent of the population …
3account for — index enlighten, explain, exposit, justify, rationalize, solve, support (justify), vindicate …
4account for — [v] offer reason, explanation answer for, clarify, elucidate, explain, illuminate, justify, rationalize, resolve; concept 57 Ant. underestimate …
5account for — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms account for : present tense I/you/we/they account for he/she/it accounts for present participle accounting for past tense accounted for past participle accounted for 1) account for something to be the reason… …
6account for — 1) PHRASAL VERB If a particular thing accounts for a part or proportion of something, that part or proportion consists of that thing, or is used or produced by it. [V P n] Computers account for 5% of the country s commercial electricity… …
7account for — 1) they must account for the delay Syn: explain, answer for, give reasons for, justify 2) excise duties account for over half the price Syn: constitute, make up, comprise, represent, be responsible for, produce …
8account for — 1) they must account for the delay Syn: explain, answer for, give reasons for, rationalize, justify 2) taxes account for much of the price of gasoline Syn: constitute, make up, form, compose, represent …
9account for — phr verb Account for is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑export, ↑import, ↑sale Account for is used with these nouns as the object: ↑discrepancy, ↑fact, ↑per cent, ↑variation …
10account for — explain how or why, provide reasons, call into account How do you account for the missing money? Where did it go? …
