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"word": "there's no accounting for taste"
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},
{
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{
"text": "The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.",
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{
"ref": "a. 1905, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, W. R. Caldwell & Co. (1905), page 78",
"text": "[…] But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for."
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"(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed."
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"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "selvittää"
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{
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"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
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"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
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"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "számot ad"
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"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "spiegare"
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{
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},
{
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"text": "German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.",
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},
{
"ref": "1992 November 15, “Scientists monitoring return of wolves to Upper Pennisula”, in Chicago Tribune",
"text": "... and car strikes account for more than 50000, it's obvious the wolves' effect on the state's deer herd is so small as to be meaningless.",
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"(transitive) To constitute in amount or portion."
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"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "meetellen voor"
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"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
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"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
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"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "terhitung sekitar"
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"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
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"ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46",
"text": "When you deduct the direct and indirect costs, the picture looks a little different. Only mail and coal traffic generated a net revenue when accounting for all costs, not just direct operating costs.",
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"To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things."
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"(transitive) To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things."
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"word": "tilittää"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things",
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"To be answerable for."
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"(transitive) To be answerable for."
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"word": "vastata"
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"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be answerable for",
"word": "felel"
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"sense": "to be answerable for",
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"text": "Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.",
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{
"ref": "1942 October 11, “Check of Fortress, Liberator Raid At Lille Reveals High Enemy Loss”, in Hartford Courant",
"text": "Allied Air Forces Account for 34 Axis Aircraft",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1972 February 22, “Jet Missile Downs Mig In Dogfight”, in The Bulletin",
"text": "South Vietnamese counter-attacks helped account for 239 guerrillas reported killed in the 24 hours ending at 6 today, 86 of them in allied air attacks",
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"(transitive) To destroy or put out of action."
],
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"code": "fi",
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"word": "tuhota"
}
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}
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"word": "account for"
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{
"word": "there's no accounting for taste"
}
],
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"text": "I don't have to account for anything to you.",
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},
{
"text": "The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.",
"type": "example"
},
{
"ref": "a. 1905, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, W. R. Caldwell & Co. (1905), page 78",
"text": "[…] But there are still four cartridges in the revolver. Two have been fired and two wounds inflicted, so that each bullet can be accounted for."
}
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"To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed."
],
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"(transitive) To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed."
],
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"transitive"
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"English terms with usage examples",
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"text": "The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.",
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}
],
"glosses": [
"To be the primary cause of"
],
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"(transitive) To be the primary cause of"
],
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"transitive"
]
},
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"text": "German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.",
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},
{
"ref": "1992 November 15, “Scientists monitoring return of wolves to Upper Pennisula”, in Chicago Tribune",
"text": "... and car strikes account for more than 50000, it's obvious the wolves' effect on the state's deer herd is so small as to be meaningless.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To constitute in amount or portion."
],
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"(transitive) To constitute in amount or portion."
],
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"transitive"
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"ref": "2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come...”, in RAIL, number 978, page 46",
"text": "When you deduct the direct and indirect costs, the picture looks a little different. Only mail and coal traffic generated a net revenue when accounting for all costs, not just direct operating costs.",
"type": "quotation"
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],
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"To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things."
],
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"(transitive) To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things."
],
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"transitive"
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"glosses": [
"To be answerable for."
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"(transitive) To be answerable for."
],
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{
"ref": "1942 October 11, “Check of Fortress, Liberator Raid At Lille Reveals High Enemy Loss”, in Hartford Courant",
"text": "Allied Air Forces Account for 34 Axis Aircraft",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "1972 February 22, “Jet Missile Downs Mig In Dogfight”, in The Bulletin",
"text": "South Vietnamese counter-attacks helped account for 239 guerrillas reported killed in the 24 hours ending at 6 today, 86 of them in allied air attacks",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To destroy or put out of action."
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"(transitive) To destroy or put out of action."
],
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "selvittää"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "selittää"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "expliquer"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "rendre compte"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "elszámol"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "számot ad"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "spiegare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "giustificare"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "rendere conto"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "prestar conta"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "prestar contas"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "to explain by relating circumstances",
"word": "tsoolik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be the primary cause of",
"word": "aiheuttaa"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be the primary cause of",
"word": "magyaráz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be the primary cause of",
"word": "indokol"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "to be the primary cause of",
"word": "tsoolik"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "tellen voor"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "meetellen voor"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "olla"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "représenter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "constituer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "ausmachen"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "alkot"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "kitesz"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "terhitung sekitar"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "costituire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "rappresentare"
},
{
"code": "yua",
"lang": "Yucatec Maya",
"sense": "to constitute in amount or portion",
"word": "tsoolik"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things",
"word": "tilittää"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things",
"word": "elszámoltat"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to be answerable for",
"word": "vastata"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be answerable for",
"word": "felel"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to be answerable for",
"word": "felelős"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "military: to destroy or put out of action",
"word": "tuhota"
}
],
"word": "account for"
}
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