Account for sth
*If you account for something that has happened
or that you have done, you explain how it happened or why you did it: He was
always prepared to account for his actions. # This cannot be accounted for in
such a straightforward way.
*To be the reason why something exists or
happens: A number of factors account for the differences between the two
scores. # The increase in carbon dioxide emissions may account for changes in
the climate.
*To form a particular amount or part of
something: Afro-Americans account for 12% of the US population.
*To be the reason why something happens: Recent
pressure at work may account for his behaviour.
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*To give a satisfactory explanation of why
something has happened or why you did something: Can you account for your
movements on that night?
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*If something accounts for a particular fact or
situation, it causes or explains it: Now, the gene they discovered today
doesn’t account for all those cases.
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*To say where all the members of a group of
people or things are, especially because you are worried that some of them may
be lost: Three days after the earthquake, more than 150 people has still to be
accounted for.
*To be the explanation or cause of something:
The poor weather may have accounted for the small crowd. # Oh well, that
accounts for it (=I understand now why it happened).
*To give an explanation of something: How do
you account for the show’s success?
*To be a particular amount or part of
something: The Japanese market accounts for 35% of the company’s revenue.
account noun,
verb
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