account
noun
an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.
accounted
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past participleof account.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof account.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
accountnounan oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative.
Example Sentences
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A highly publicized study last year by Moody’s Analytics contended the richest 10% of Americans earning $250,000 a year or more accounted for a record 50% of all consumer spending.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026
Their calculations revealed that internal conversion has a much greater influence on the lifetime of the defect's excited triplet state than earlier models had accounted for.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Swiss drugmaker’s sales were boosted by the timing of the implementation of a new software system in Japan, which accounted for around half of its 2% beat to consensus estimates, according to JPM.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026
This is a little strange, but he is not accounted a weirdo.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2026
Tune your television to any channel it doesn’t receive, and about 1 percent of the dancing static you see is accounted for by this ancient remnant of the Big Bang.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
