accounted
uh-KOWN-tid/əˈkaʊntɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of account.
The report accounted for the sudden drop in quarterly sales.
Rescue teams confirmed that all the hikers had been accounted for.
Note
One spelling does double duty. Standing alone it is the finite past, and after have or be it is the participle. Two meanings in live use are told apart by for. With it, the verb means explained or answered for, and is often passive: every penny was accounted for. Without it, the verb means considered and is followed by a description: she was accounted wise, a man accounted a fool.
accounted is a form of account
account, verb: To give a satisfactory reason for something; to explain why an event occurred. Full entry
- Forms
- accountaccounts he/she/itaccounting -ing formaccounted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- account → accounted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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