account for (English, verb)
expansion: account for (third-person singular simple present accounts for, present participle accounting for, simple past and past participle accounted for)
Senses:
glosses: To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.
tags: transitive
glosses: To be the primary cause of
tags: transitive
glosses: To constitute in amount or portion.
tags: transitive
glosses: To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.
tags: transitive
glosses: To be answerable for.
tags: transitive
glosses: To destroy or put out of action.
tags: transitive
glosses: To kill, as in hunting.
tags: dated
transitive
Forms:
form: accounts for
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: accounting for
tags: participle
present
form: accounted for
tags: participle
past
form: accounted for
tags: past