account for

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account for

selittää, selvittää, selostaa, olla.

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account for (englanti > suomi)

1. selvittää, selittää

2. aiheuttaa

3. olla

4. tilittää

5. vastata

6. tuhota

account for englanniksi

1. puhekieltä To explain by relating circumstances; to show that some one, thing or members of a group are present or have been processed.

I dont have to account for anything to you.''

The storekeeper was expected to account for any material removed.

2. (ante) Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Adventure of the Dancing Men”, in The Return of Sherlock Holmes, W. R. Caldwell & Co. (1905), http://books.google.com/books?id=xgnTteuZ694C&pg=PA78&dq=accounted-for page 78:

“(..) 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.”

3. puhekieltä To be the primary cause of

The torrential downpour would account for the saturated state of the land.

4. puhekieltä To constitute in amount or portion.

German speakers accounted for 37% of the population.

5. (quote-journal)

6. puhekieltä To make or render a reckoning of funds, persons, or things.

7. puhekieltä To be answerable for.

8. puhekieltä To destroy or put out of action.

Coyotes account for more rabbits than hunters do.

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