account

/əˈkaʊnt/ verb

Translation

account for sth phrasal verb

BE PART OF › to be part of a total number of something

bir bütünün parçası olmak, bir bölümünü oluşturmak

Oil accounts for 40% of Norway's exports.1390

EXPLAIN › to be the reason for something, or to explain the reason for something

açıklamak, izah etmek,

He'd had an argument with Caroline, which accounts for his bad mood this morning. She was asked to account for the missing money.1910

(Definition of account verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

If a reason, argument or explanation holds water, it is true

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