account for, v.
freq. cnt. 30
freq. cnt. 30
be the reason or explanation for
<verb.stative> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 24
account for
sample sentences
"The recession accounts for the slow retail business"verb frames
Something ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym
give reasons for
<verb.communication> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
account for
sample sentences
"Can you account for all these absences?"verb frames
Somebody ----s somethingSomething ----s something
semantic pointers
hypernym