Question 1

What does "account for" mean?

Accepted Answer

To provide an explanation for something that happened or a situation that exists.

Question 2

How do you use "account for" in a sentence?

Accepted Answer

Can you account for where you were on the night of the incident?

Question 3

Is "account for" formal or informal?

Accepted Answer

"account for" is register-neutral — appropriate in both casual and formal contexts. One of the most versatile and frequently tested phrasal verbs in English. Used across academic, journalistic, and everyday registers. The 'constitute a proportion' sense is especially common in statistics and reports.

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