Synonyms for
Accounted
Definition
to consider or regard in a specified way; to give an explanation for something
Synonyms & similar words
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Common collocations
- fully accounted for
- accounted for the cost
- accounted for the discrepancy
- accounted for the success
- accounted for the damage
- accounted for the time
- accounted for the variables
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Usage note
Often used in the passive voice, as in 'all expenses were accounted for'. Can also mean 'considered' or 'explained'.
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Example sentences
- I accounted for all the money I spent on my trip.
- The company accounted for all the expenses in their financial report.
- The witness's testimony accounted for the suspect's whereabouts during the crime.
- The teacher accounted for the missing homework by giving the student an extension.
- She accounted for her lateness by explaining that there was heavy traffic on the road.
Quotes
The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions, the little, soon-forgotten charities of a kiss or a smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimals of pleasurable and genial feeling. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends. - Martin Luther King Jr.
It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see. - Henry David Thoreau