Antonyms for accounted


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : uh-kount
Phonetic Transcription : əˈkaʊnt


Definition of accounted

Origin :
  • c.1300, "reckoning of money received and paid," from Old French acont "account, reckoning, terminal payment," from a "to" (see ad-) + cont "counting, reckoning of money to be paid," from Late Latin computus "a calculation," from Latin computare "calculate" (see compute).
  • Meaning "sum of (one's) money in a bank" is from 1833. Sense of "narration" is first attested 1610s. Plural accounts used as a collective or singular in phrases such as to give accounts (of something), is from mid-13c. Phrase by all accounts is attested from 1798.
  • As in reputed : adj believed
  • As in number : verb count, calculate
  • As in offset : verb counterbalance, compensate
  • As in avail : verb be of use; use
  • As in reckon : verb add up; evaluate
  • As in regard : verb believe, judge
  • As in treat : verb act, behave towards
  • As in view : verb believe
  • As in calculate : verb compute or estimate amount
  • As in class : verb categorize
  • As in valuate : verb estimate
  • As in deem : verb regard, consider
  • As in esteem : verb consider, believe
  • As in estimate : verb guess, try to value
Example sentences :
  • The matter, I think, may be accounted for after the following manner.
  • Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume
  • The great conflicts of the West, and the minor battles had accounted for the others.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • That accounted for everything; and Mary had no time for talk.
  • Extract from : « Tiverton Tales » by Alice Brown
  • A thickness of speech was accounted for by the absence of teeth.
  • Extract from : « Roden's Corner » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • This, no doubt, accounted for the embarrassment so manifest in the Countess's manner.
  • Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
  • And that this matter was neglected over the chess-board might well be accounted a mistake.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • Did you believe that your every word and look was not to be accounted for, and was not well remembered?
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • This, of course, might easily be accounted for on the score of duty.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • She accounted to herself for this longing, she even explained it scientifically.
  • Extract from : « Doctor Pascal » by Emile Zola
  • Cebes asks why suicide is thought not to be right, if death is to be accounted a good?
  • Extract from : « Phaedo » by Plato

Synonyms for accounted

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