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| Narrower (hyponym) | ancient history, annals, biography, case history, chronological record, etymology, historical document, historical paper, historical record, life, life history, life story, recital | ||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