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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“This is one of those areas you want to spend the energy and the time and the financials to make sure everything is accounted for properly.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026
That relationship remained even after the researchers accounted for differences in age, sex, race, ethnicity, and education level.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
After the move, each country accounted for 18.5 percent of the Dutch gold reserve.
From Barron's ● Sep. 2, 2026
They said while their pay met the requirements for their contracted hours, meetings, handovers and time spent changing into uniform hadn't been accounted for, adding the trust has since changed policies and practices.
From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026
Whatever accounted for the results of his experiments, it wasn’t mystical, and neither was mesarthium itself, and neither was spirit.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
