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