"accountable" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ʌˈkaʊntəbl̩/, /ə.ˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/ [US] Audio: en-us-accountable.ogg [US] Forms: accountable [positive], more accountable [comparative], most accountable [superlative]
Etymology: account + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|account|able}} account + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you are accountable for something that people are not happy about, you need to explain or apologize for it.
    Sense id: simple-accountable-en-adj-h0e8UM7o
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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