Antonyms for account forac·count for

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Princeton's WordNet

1. account forverb

   be the reason or explanation for

   "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"

2. account forverb

   give reasons for

   "Can you account for all these absences?"

How to use account for in a sentence?

1. State John Kerry:

   It is critical to us to know that going forward those activities have been stopped. And that we can account for that in a legitimate way, in order to have an agreement to trigger any kind of material, significant sanctions relief, we would have to have those answers.

2. Melissa Majumdar:

   While we may not have control over genetic factors that influence metabolism, physical activity -- both through exercise and everyday movements -- can account for 15 % to 30 % of metabolic needs.

3. Antranik Sefilian:

   If you remove planet nine from the model and instead allow for lots of small objects scattered across a wide area, collective attractions between those objects could just as easily account for the eccentric orbits we see in some TNOs.

4. Simon Coveney:

   This is driving a fury across the European Union within the public as to why can’t we stop this, they want people held to account for the decisions taken and the brutality that we have seen.

5. Jim Corridore:

   Any multinational company in this environment is seeing very little organic revenue growth and revenue growth declines when you account for currency weakness, so you have to find a way to offset that.

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