āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
account for
/ÉkËaĘnt fÉË/
to account for
[phrase form: account]
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āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻžāĻ¨ā§
to provide explanations or reasons for a particular situation or set of circumstances
Transitive: to account for a situation
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Can you account for the discrepancies in your expense report?
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻ
āĻ¸āĻā§āĻāĻ¤āĻŋāĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨?
02
āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to serve as the reason for a particular occurrence or outcome
Transitive: to account for an occurrence or outcome
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The stormy weather can account for the delay in our flight.
āĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ° āĻāĻŦāĻšāĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻĢā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛āĻŽā§āĻŦā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŖ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ§āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻāĻ āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to represent a specific amount or portion of a whole
Transitive: to account for a portion of a whole
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Women account for about 52 % of the total student population in the university.
āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ° āĻŽā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ° āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ 52% āĻ
āĻāĻļāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
