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Verb: account for  u'kawnt for
  1. Be the reason or explanation for
    "The recession accounts for the slow retail business"
     
  2. Give reasons for
    "Can you account for all these absences?"

Derived forms: accounted for, accounts for, accounting for

Type of: be, explain, explicate

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