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to account for
[phrase form: account]
01
to provide explanations or reasons for a particular situation or set of circumstances
Transitive: to account for a situation
02
to serve as the reason for a particular occurrence or outcome
Transitive: to account for an occurrence or outcome
03
to represent a specific amount or portion of a whole
Transitive: to account for a portion of a whole
account for
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Example
In the report, the analyst will account for the recent decline in sales.
Can you account for the discrepancies in your expense report?
The professor asked the students to account for their choices in their research methodology.
The witness was asked to account for what they saw at the scene of the accident.
It's important to account for the factors that led to the project's delay.
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