account
gb/əkˈaʊnt/ us/əkˈaʊnt/
A2
Englisch
~ 1600
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
Nomen
A2
entity
1
bank record of money
An arrangement with a bank to keep your money and record what you spend or receive.
Verwendungsmuster:
an account at [a bank]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse 'account' (money in a bank) with 'account' meaning 'explanation'. Context helps avoid confusion.
Synonyme
bank record (A more literal term for the record itself, not the arrangement.)
Antonyme
cash (Money in physical form, not stored in a bank account.)
Wortverbindungen
open an account
|bank account
|close an account
|online account
|joint account
Themen
business
|finance
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- I opened a new savings account last week.
- She checked her account balance online.
- The company transferred the payment into my account.
- We share a joint account for household expenses.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I have a bank account.
- My account is at City Bank.
- I put money in my account.
- She looks at her account online.
Nomen
A2
entity
2
online profile or login
Your personal page and login details for a website or app.
Verwendungsmuster:
create an account on [a website]
Häufiger Fehler:
Some learners may confuse 'account' for 'device'—remember it is the registration, not the physical object.
Synonyme
user profile (Emphasizes the personal information part of the account.)
Antonyme
guest access (Using a service without creating an account.)
Wortverbindungen
create an account
|log into your account
|delete an account
|user account
Themen
technology
|daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- You need to create an account before you can shop online.
- I forgot the password for my email account.
- Her social media accounts are private.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I make an account for the game.
- I log in to my account.
- This is my email account.
Nomen
B1
entity
3
report or story of events
A story or report about what happened.
Verwendungsmuster:
give an account of [something]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners may confuse 'account' here with 'opinion'; it is specifically about describing events, not just feelings.
Synonyme
report (A formal or informal telling of events.)
Antonyme
silence (The absence of any description or explanation.)
Wortverbindungen
give an account
|first-hand account
|eyewitness account
Themen
communication
|media
|education
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- She gave the police a detailed account of the robbery.
- The book offers an account of life in rural China.
- According to his account, he was at home all evening.
Beispiele für Lernende
- He gives an account of the accident.
- I read an account of the war.
- She told me her account of the day.
Nomen
B2
entity
4
consideration given to something
Thinking about something when making a choice or judgment.
Verwendungsmuster:
take [something] into account
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes think 'account' here means 'money'—but it means 'consideration'. Context is key.
Synonyme
consideration (General term for taking something into thought.)
Antonyme
disregard (Not paying attention to something important.)
Wortverbindungen
take into account
|on no account
Themen
thinking
|decision-making
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- We must take environmental concerns into account when planning the project.
- On no account should you open this door without permission.
Beispiele für Lernende
- We take his age into account.
- She takes the weather into account before leaving.
Verb
B2
action
5
explain or justify events/actions
To explain why something happened or why you did something.
Verwendungsmuster:
account for [something]
Häufiger Fehler:
'Account' as a verb is almost always used with 'for'. Learners may forget this preposition.
Synonyme
explain (More general; 'account for' often implies giving full reasons or justification.)
Antonyme
conceal (To hide information instead of explaining it.)
Wortverbindungen
account for losses
|account for time
Themen
communication
|reasoning
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- How do you account for the sudden drop in sales?
- He couldn't account for his absence from work yesterday.
- Every cent must be accounted for in this report.
Beispiele für Lernende
- I cannot account for the mistake.
- She accounts for her trip to the boss.
- We must account for all the money.
Grammatik
Grundform
account
IPA
GB/əkˈaʊnt/
US/əkˈaʊnt/
Silben & Betonung
ac - count (2 Silben)
Stress on 2nd syllable (count)
Wortformen
Noun
- Base: account
- Plural: account, accounts
Verb
- Base: account
- 3rd Person Singular: accounts
- Present Participle: accounting
- Past: accounted
Wortfamilie
Forms
accounts
noun
accounting
verb
accounted
verb
Core family
accountant
noun B1
Related words
accountable
adjective B2
accountability
noun B2
Negative and opposite forms
unaccountable
adjective C1
Advanced or less common
accountancy
noun
Ausdrücke
by all accounts
1/bˈaɪ ˈɔl əkˈaʊnts/
fixed phrase
according to what people say/reports show
As everyone says; from what is reported.
Beispiele
- By all accounts, she is an excellent teacher.
- The trip was, by all accounts, a great success.
call to account
1/kˈɔl tə əkˈaʊnt/
fixed phrase
formal
demand explanation for actions taken
To ask someone to explain why they did something, usually if it was wrong.
Beispiele
- The manager was called to account for the company's poor performance.
- Parents should call their children to account when they misbehave.
of no account
1/əv nˈoʊ əkˈaʊnt/
fixed phrase
formal
having no importance or value at all
Not important at all.
Beispiele
- His opinion is of no account here.
- These old rules are now of no account.
on account of
1/ˈɔn əkˈaʊnt əv/
fixed phrase
because of something specific
Because of something.
Beispiele
- The game was canceled on account of rain.
- She stayed home on account of feeling sick.
take into account
1/tˈeɪk ˈɪntu əkˈaʊnt/
fixed phrase
consider as a factor in decision-making
To think about something when deciding what to do.
Beispiele
- You should take his experience into account before hiring him.
- The judge will take your age into account when deciding the sentence.