Meaning of "account" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ACCOUNT

From Old French acont, from conter, compter to count1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF ACCOUNT

account  [əˈkaʊnt]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ACCOUNT

Account is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb account in English.

WHAT DOES ACCOUNT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of account in the English dictionary

The first definition of account in the dictionary is a verbal or written report, description, or narration of some occurrence, event, etc. Other definition of account is an explanation of conduct, esp one made to someone in authority. Account is also ground; basis; consideration (often in the phrases on this (that, every, no, etc) account, on account of).

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO ACCOUNT

PRESENT

Present

I account

you account

he/she/it accounts

we account

you account

they account

Present continuous

I am accounting

you are accounting

he/she/it is accounting

we are accounting

you are accounting

they are accounting

Present perfect

I have accounted

you have accounted

he/she/it has accounted

we have accounted

you have accounted

they have accounted

Present perfect continuous

I have been accounting

you have been accounting

he/she/it has been accounting

we have been accounting

you have been accounting

they have been accounting

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I accounted

you accounted

he/she/it accounted

we accounted

you accounted

they accounted

Past continuous

I was accounting

you were accounting

he/she/it was accounting

we were accounting

you were accounting

they were accounting

Past perfect

I had accounted

you had accounted

he/she/it had accounted

we had accounted

you had accounted

they had accounted

Past perfect continuous

I had been accounting

you had been accounting

he/she/it had been accounting

we had been accounting

you had been accounting

they had been accounting

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will account

you will account

he/she/it will account

we will account

you will account

they will account

Future continuous

I will be accounting

you will be accounting

he/she/it will be accounting

we will be accounting

you will be accounting

they will be accounting

Future perfect

I will have accounted

you will have accounted

he/she/it will have accounted

we will have accounted

you will have accounted

they will have accounted

Future perfect continuous

I will have been accounting

you will have been accounting

he/she/it will have been accounting

we will have been accounting

you will have been accounting

they will have been accounting

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would account

you would account

he/she/it would account

we would account

you would account

they would account

Conditional continuous

I would be accounting

you would be accounting

he/she/it would be accounting

we would be accounting

you would be accounting

they would be accounting

Conditional perfect

I would have account

you would have account

he/she/it would have account

we would have account

you would have account

they would have account

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been accounting

you would have been accounting

he/she/it would have been accounting

we would have been accounting

you would have been accounting

they would have been accounting

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you account
we let´s account
you account

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to account

Past participle

accounted

Present Participle

accounting

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «ACCOUNT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «account» and belong to the same grammatical category.

synonyms of account

advantage · appraise · assess · balance · believe · benefit · bill · book · calculate · charge · chronicle · computation · compute · concern · consequence · consider · count · deem · depiction · description · detail · distinction · esteem · estimate · explain · explanation · gauge · history · hold · honour · import · importance · inventory · invoice · judge · ledger · merit · momentousness · narration · narrative · note · portrayal · profit · rank · rate · recital · reckon · reckoning · record · register · relation · report · repute · score · significance · standing · statement · story · substance · tale · tally · think · use · usefulness · value · version · weigh · weight · worth

TRANSLATION OF ACCOUNT

Find out the translation of account to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of account from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «account» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 报告
• Translator English - Spanish: explicación
• English: account
• Translator English - Hindi: खाता
• Translator English - Arabic: بَيَان
• Translator English - Russian: отчет
• Translator English - Portuguese: relato
• Translator English - Bengali: হিসাব
• Translator English - French: compte-rendu
• Translator English - Malay: Akaun
• Translator English - German: Bericht
• Translator English - Japanese: 説明
• Translator English - Korean: 보고
• Translator English - Javanese: akun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: bản báo cáo
• Translator English - Tamil: கணக்கு
• Translator English - Marathi: खाते
• Translator English - Turkish: hesap
• Translator English - Italian: resoconto
• Translator English - Polish: opis
• Translator English - Ukrainian: звіт
• Translator English - Romanian: descriere
• Translator English - Greek: αναφορά
• Translator English - Afrikaans: rekening
• Translator English - Swedish: redogörelse (n)
• Translator English - Norwegian: redegjørelse

10 QUOTES WITH «ACCOUNT»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word account.

1

Gordon W. Allport

The primary problem in the psychology of becoming is to account for the transformation by which the unsocialized infant becomes an adult with structured loves, hates, loyalties, and interests, capable of taking his place in a complexly ordered society.

2

Michelangelo Antonioni

Till now I have never shot a scene without taking account of what stands behind the actors because the relationship between people and their surroundings is of prime importance.

3

Jeffrey Archer

We go on a lot in this country about offences being caused by drugs. The truth is just as many offences are caused by drink. And that should be taken into account.

4

Isaac Asimov

It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.

5

Saint Basil

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

6

Melissa Bean

Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin.

7

Michael Behe

We are not inferring design to account for a black box, but to account for an open box.

8

Ambrose Bierce

History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.

9

Soulja Boy

I was one of the first artists to have a YouTube account, if not the first. I joined two months after the site launched.

10

Harold Brodkey

True stories, autobiographical stories, like some novels, begin long ago, before the acts in the account, before the birth of some of the people in the tale.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ACCOUNT»

Discover the use of account in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to account and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Giving an Account of Oneself

Offers an outline for a new ethical practice - one responsive to the need for critical autonomy and grounded in a new sense of the human subject.

Judith Butler, 2005

An Account of Tibet: The Travels of Ippolito Desideri of ...

First published in 1932. As well as an extensive introduction, this edition contains notes to all four books, a bibliographical index, a general index and an index of Tibetan words.

Ippolito Desideri, Filippo De Filippi, 1937

Race : A Theological Account: A Theological Account

These are the legacies of colonialism and empire, political theories of the state, anthropological theories of the human, and philosophy itself, from the eighteenth-century Enlightenment to the present.

J. Kameron Carter Assistant Professor of Theology and Black Church Studies Duke University, 2008

Key Account Management and Planning: The Comprehensive ...

Timely, important, and essential, Key Account Management and Planning is the only reference handbook those with key account responsibilities will ever need.

Noel Capon, 2002

On Account of Sex: The Politics of Women's Issues, 1945-1968

Examining the political activities of the period between 1920, when women gained the right to vote, and the mid-1960s, when the women's movement revived, Cynthia Harrison illuminates a long-neglected but vital chapter of women's history.

Cynthia Ellen Harrison, 1989

The New Successful Large Account Management: How to Hold ...

Whatever business you're in, this excellent book shows you how to protect those crucial accounts that you can't afford to lose.

Robert B. Miller, Stephen E. Heiman, Tad Tuleja, 2005

A Short Account of the History of Mathematics

A review of mathematics from its beginnings with the early Greeks to the modern age, illustrated by the lives and achievements of the men who influenced its development

Walter William Rouse Ball, 1908

Who Needs to Open the Capital Account

They advocate reconciling domestic and international financial regulation that deals with boom-bust dynamics in domestic and international credit. The crisis changes the debate on capital account liberalization, and this volume argue

Olivier Jeanne, 2012

Key Account Management: The Definitive Guide

"This book is crammed with distilled, practical wisdom for key account managers and their directors.

Diana Woodburn, Malcolm McDonald, 2012

Advertising Account Planning: Planning and Managing an IMC ...

Concise yet comprehensive, this practical guide covers the critical role of the account planner in advertising.

Larry D. Kelley, Donald W. Jugenheimer, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ACCOUNT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term account is used in the context of the following news items.

'It's the only way to get promoted'

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Presidency Disowns PMB's Daughter's Alleged Twitter Account

But a statement by senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu, noted that the Twitter account is ... «Leadership Newspapers, Jul 15»

How to permanently delete your Facebook account

At the bottom, you'll see the line 'Deactivate Your Account'. Click the edit link on the right and the deactivate information blurb will expand. «TechRadar, Jul 15»

Closed bank account comes back to haunt woman

When you close your account, you assume its closed. But one woman just learned how that account can come back like a zombie. A bank ... «KSHB, Jul 15»

Sinitta's Twitter was hacked to say some interesting things about …

Fans were left baffled as the account divulged some very personal information, including descriptions of Brad Pitt's balls and a swipe at Simon ... «Metro, Jul 15»

Najib dismisses claims that $924m was moved into his account

SEMENYIH - Describing the claims that large amounts of money had been channelled into his account to be "wild allegations", Prime Minister ... «AsiaOne, Jul 15»

RSS affiliate warns government about full convertibility of rupee on …

It further said, "Full Capital Account Convertibility will not suit an economy like India, which is undergoing the process of structural reforms which ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»

Yero left N228m, not N8bn in state's account – El-Rufai

The Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, on Sunday debunked claim by his predecessor, Mukhtar Yero, that he (Yero) left behind ... «The Punch, Jul 15»

EXCLUSIVE: Eyewitness shares account of boat capsizing

LOUISVILLE, KY (WAVE) - Tamera Wills and her family were front and center to the Waterfront fireworks show when a tragedy unfolded right ... «WAVE 3, Jul 15»

Corrupt public official without Swiss bank account turned into …

That he has no Swiss bank account has shocked his fellow thieves and Kenyans alike. Many parents are reportedly considering withdrawing ... «SDE Entertainment News, Jul 15»