Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to account
Participle: accounted
Gerund: accounting
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | account |
| you | account |
| he;she;it | accounts |
| we | account |
| you | account |
| they | account |
Perfect
| I | have accounted |
| you | have accounted |
| he;she;it | has accounted |
| we | have accounted |
| you | have accounted |
| they | have accounted |
Past
| I | accounted |
| you | accounted |
| he;she;it | accounted |
| we | accounted |
| you | accounted |
| they | accounted |
Pluperfect
| I | had accounted |
| you | had accounted |
| he;she;it | had accounted |
| we | had accounted |
| you | had accounted |
| they | had accounted |
Future
| I | will account |
| you | will account |
| he;she;it | will account |
| we | will account |
| you | will account |
| they | will account |
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 |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | account |
| you | account |
| he;she;it | account |
| we | account |
| you | account |
| they | account |
Perfect
| I | have accounted |
| you | have accounted |
| he;she;it | have accounted |
| we | have accounted |
| you | have accounted |
| they | have accounted |
Imperfect
| I | accounted |
| you | accounted |
| he;she;it | accounted |
| we | accounted |
| you | accounted |
| they | accounted |
Pluperfect
| I | had accounted |
| you | had accounted |
| he;she;it | had accounted |
| we | had accounted |
| you | had accounted |
| they | had accounted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would account |
| you | would account |
| he;she;it | would account |
| we | would account |
| you | would account |
| they | would account |
Perfect
| I | would have accounted |
| you | would have accounted |
| he;she;it | would have accounted |
| we | would have accounted |
| you | would have accounted |
| they | would have accounted |
Imperative
| you | account |
| we | Let's account |
| you | account |
Verbs conjugated like 'account'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'account'
accourt,
accent,
accoast,
accompt,
accost,
amount,
count,
recount,
abjoint,
abound,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to deem; to look upon as; to think of as being
- consider, deem, dub, find, interpret, judge, regard, think of, view
- estimate
- think, assess, consider, count, deem, hold, judge
Additional Information
Etymology
1. c.1300, "reckoning of money received and paid;" from O.Fr.
acont "account," from
à "to" +
cont "count," from L.L.
computus "a calculation," from L.
computare "calculate" (see compute). Sense of "narration" is first attested 1614. The verb meaning "to reckon for money given or received" is from 1393; sense of "to explain" (c.1710) is from notion of "answer for money held in trust." Transf. sense of "value" is from 1377. Modern Fr. differentiates
compter "to count" and
conter "to tell," but they are cognates.
Accountant in the sense of "professional maker of accounts" is recorded from 1539.
2. Etymology tree
3. Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd
4. Proto-Italic *ad
5. Proto-Italic *ad-
6. Latin ad-
7. Old French a-
8. Proto-Indo-European *ḱe?
9. Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm
10. Proto-Italic *kom
11. Proto-Italic *kom-
12. Latin con-
13. Latin putus
14. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
15. Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
16. Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
17. Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
18. Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
19. Proto-Italic *-ājō
20. Proto-Italic *-āō
21. Latin -ō
22. Latin putō
23. Latin computō
24. Old French conter
25. Old French aconterder.
26. English account
27. From Old French acounter, accomptere et al., from a- + conter (“to count”)). Compare count. See: Old French '
acounter'.
Verbs referencing "account"
Cornish
akont.
Sample Sentences
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[...] not the slightest reason to suppose that the man wished to return to prison: indeed everything, but the commission of the offence, made directly against that assumption. There are only two ways of accounting for this extraordinary proceeding. One is, that after undergoing so much for this copper measure he conceived he had established a sort of claim and right to it. The other that, by dint of long [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] say the same. Why, cousin, that mother has been all that has stood between me and utter unbelief for years. She was a direct embodiment and personification of the New Testament,—a living fact, to be accounted for, and to be accounted for in no other way than by its truth. O, mother ! mother ! ” said St. Clare, clasping his hands, in a sort of transport; and then suddenly checking himself, he came [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] mother has been all that has stood between me and utter unbelief for years. She was a direct embodiment and personification of the New Testament,—a living fact, to be accounted for, and to be accounted for in no other way than by its truth. O, mother ! mother ! ” said St. Clare, clasping his hands, in a sort of transport; and then suddenly checking himself, he came back, and seating himself on an [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)