account
gb/əkˈaʊnt/ us/əkˈaʊnt/
A2
Inglés
~ 1600
Acepciones
0 acepciones
Sustantivo
A2
entity
1
bank record of money
An arrangement with a bank to keep your money and record what you spend or receive.
Patrón de uso:
an account at [a bank]
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes confuse 'account' (money in a bank) with 'account' meaning 'explanation'. Context helps avoid confusion.
Sinónimos
bank record (A more literal term for the record itself, not the arrangement.)
Antónimos
cash (Money in physical form, not stored in a bank account.)
Colocaciones
open an account
|bank account
|close an account
|online account
|joint account
Temas
business
|finance
|daily life
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I have a bank account.
- My account is at City Bank.
- I put money in my account.
- She looks at her account online.
Sustantivo
A2
entity
2
online profile or login
Your personal page and login details for a website or app.
Patrón de uso:
create an account on [a website]
Error frecuente:
Some learners may confuse 'account' for 'device'—remember it is the registration, not the physical object.
Sinónimos
user profile (Emphasizes the personal information part of the account.)
Antónimos
guest access (Using a service without creating an account.)
Colocaciones
create an account
|log into your account
|delete an account
|user account
Temas
technology
|daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I make an account for the game.
- I log in to my account.
- This is my email account.
Sustantivo
B1
entity
3
report or story of events
A story or report about what happened.
Patrón de uso:
give an account of [something]
Error frecuente:
Learners may confuse 'account' here with 'opinion'; it is specifically about describing events, not just feelings.
Sinónimos
report (A formal or informal telling of events.)
Antónimos
silence (The absence of any description or explanation.)
Colocaciones
give an account
|first-hand account
|eyewitness account
Temas
communication
|media
|education
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- He gives an account of the accident.
- I read an account of the war.
- She told me her account of the day.
Sustantivo
B2
entity
4
consideration given to something
Thinking about something when making a choice or judgment.
Patrón de uso:
take [something] into account
Error frecuente:
Learners sometimes think 'account' here means 'money'—but it means 'consideration'. Context is key.
Sinónimos
consideration (General term for taking something into thought.)
Antónimos
disregard (Not paying attention to something important.)
Colocaciones
take into account
|on no account
Temas
thinking
|decision-making
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- We must take environmental concerns into account when planning the project.
- On no account should you open this door without permission.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- We take his age into account.
- She takes the weather into account before leaving.
Verbo
B2
action
5
explain or justify events/actions
To explain why something happened or why you did something.
Patrón de uso:
account for [something]
Error frecuente:
'Account' as a verb is almost always used with 'for'. Learners may forget this preposition.
Sinónimos
explain (More general; 'account for' often implies giving full reasons or justification.)
Antónimos
conceal (To hide information instead of explaining it.)
Colocaciones
account for losses
|account for time
Temas
communication
|reasoning
|core_vocabulary
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos para estudiantes
- I cannot account for the mistake.
- She accounts for her trip to the boss.
- We must account for all the money.
Gramática
Forma de diccionario
account
AFI
GB/əkˈaʊnt/
US/əkˈaʊnt/
Sílabas y acento
ac - count (2 sílabas)
Stress on 2nd syllable (count)
Formas de la palabra
Noun
- Base: account
- Plural: account, accounts
Verb
- Base: account
- 3rd Person Singular: accounts
- Present Participle: accounting
- Past: accounted
Familia de palabras
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
Expresiones
by all accounts
1/bˈaɪ ˈɔl əkˈaʊnts/
fixed phrase
according to what people say/reports show
As everyone says; from what is reported.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- 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.
Ejemplos
- You should take his experience into account before hiring him.
- The judge will take your age into account when deciding the sentence.