account
a record or narrative description of past events
How often you will meet it
Rank 603 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 32,033 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.015% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a record or narrative description of past events also: history, chronicle, story a history of Francehe gave an inaccurate account of the plot to kill the president
- a short account of the news also: report, news report, story, write up the report of his speechthe story was on the 11 o'clock news
- a formal contractual relationship established to provide for regular banking or brokerage or business services also: business relationship he asked to see the executive who handled his account
- a statement that makes something comprehensible by describing the relevant structure or operation or circumstances etc. also: explanation the explanation was very simpleI expected a brief account
- grounds also: score don't do it on my accountthe paper was rejected on account of its length
- importance or value a person of considerable accounthe predicted that although it is of small account now it will rapidly increase in importance
account in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I saw the account in a paper at luncheon.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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We open credits to our passions, and we keep account of our infamies by double entry.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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She read the account over many times, with painstaking effort to understand that this meant Johnny McLean.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He ordained, however, to look into the problem on his mother's account, and no better man could have done it.
The Torch and Other Tales · Eden Phillpotts · Chapter 1
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But to proceed, it was, by the account I kept, the 30th of September, when I first landed on this island.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1