Engelsk navneord: account | |||
1. | account (om kommunikation) a record or narrative description of past events | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A history of France. He gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president. The story of exposure to lead. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | chronicle, history, story | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | record | ||
Mere specifikke termer | ancient history, annals, biography, case history, chronological record, etymology, historical document, historical paper, historical record, life, life history, life story, recital | ||
Overordnet emneområde | history | ||
2. | account (om kommunikation) a short account of the news | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The report of his speech. The story was on the 11 o'clock news. The account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | news report, report, story, write up | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | news | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bulletin, communique, despatch, dispatch, exclusive, newsletter, newssheet, scoop, urban legend | ||
3. | account (om tilstand) a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He asked to see the executive who handled his account. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | business relationship | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | relationship | ||
Mere specifikke termer | bank account, brokerage account, short account | ||
4. | account (om kommunikation) a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | The explanation was very simple. I expected a brief account. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | explanation | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | statement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | accounting, definition, derivation, deriving, etymologizing, explication, exposition, gloss, interpretation, justification, reason, rubric, simplification, walk-through | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | explanandum, explanans, explicandum | ||
5. | account (om motiv) grounds | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Don't do it on my account. The paper was rejected on account of its length. He tried to blame the victim but his success on that score was doubtful. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | score | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | ground, reason | ||
6. | account (om egenskab) importance or value | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | A person of considerable account. He predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | importance | ||
7. | account (om forhold) a statement of recent transactions and the resulting balance | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | They send me an accounting every month. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | account statement, accounting | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | financial statement, statement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | capital account, capital account, expense account, profit and loss, profit and loss account, suspense account, travel and entertainment account | ||
Omfatter disse specifikke termer | balance | ||
8. | account (om kommunikation) the act of informing by verbal report | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He heard reports that they were causing trouble. By all accounts they were a happy couple. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | report | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | informing, making known | ||
Mere specifikke termer | anecdote, comment, debriefing, direct discourse, direct quotation, gossip, indirect discourse, megillah, narration, recital, scuttlebutt, summarisation, summarization, yarn | ||
9. | account (om kommunikation) an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | He paid his bill and left. Send me an account of what I owe. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | bill, invoice | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | financial statement, statement | ||
Mere specifikke termer | check, chit, doctor's bill, electric bill, hotel bill, medical bill, phone bill, reckoning, tab, tally, tax bill, telephone bill | ||
10. | account (om egenskab) the quality of taking advantage | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | She turned her writing skills to good account. | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | gain, profit | ||
Engelsk udsagnsord: account | |||
1. | account (om tilstand) be the sole or primary factor in the existence, acquisition, supply, or disposal of something | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Passing grades account for half of the grades given in this exam. | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Something ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | be | ||
2. | account (om forhold) keep an account of | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | calculate | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s PP | ||
Mere specifikke termer | balance, bill, charge, compound, credit, debit, overbalance | ||
3. | account (om kommunikation) to give an account or representation of in words | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | Discreet Italian police described it in a manner typically continental. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | describe, report | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody. Somebody ----s PP. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | inform | ||
4. | account (om kommunikation) furnish a justifying analysis or explanation | ||
Eksempler med tilsvarende betydning | I can't account for the missing money. | ||
Termer med samme betydning (synonymer) | answer for | ||
Anvendelsesmønster | Somebody ----s something | ||
Mindre specifikke termer | declare | ||