accounts for
Comprises the total
Accounts for has several connected meanings.
To account for something is to explain or justify it: How do you account for the missing funds?
It also means to constitute a proportion: Tourism accounts for 40% of the local economy.
After disasters or battles, accounting for people means determining their whereabouts or fate: All passengers have been accounted for.
Provides adequate grounds for
- defendsActs to protect
- vindicatesProves innocence or correctness
- rationalizesInvents acceptable explanations
- legitimizesMakes officially acceptable
warrants · validates · supports · substantiates · corroborates · verifies · documents · evidences
Contains as parts
- constitutesMakes up or forms
- representsStands in for
- makes upFabricates or reconciles
- coversPuts over, hides
encompasses · includes · totals · contributes · forms · occupies · takes up · fills
Makes something understandable
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
- interpretsExplains the meaning of
- illuminatesProvides light to
describes · details · reveals · breaks down · conveys · articulates · demystifies · unravels
Thinks about carefully
- includesContains as component
- incorporatesMakes part of whole
- addressesLocations for correspondence
- coversPuts over, hides
allows for · reckons with · weighs · acknowledges · recognizes · accommodates · anticipates
justifies
Provides adequate grounds for
- defendsActs to protect
- vindicatesProves innocence or correctness
- rationalizesInvents acceptable explanations
legitimizes · warrants · validates · supports · substantiates · corroborates · verifies · documents · evidences · demonstrates
comprises
Contains as parts
- constitutesMakes up or forms
- representsStands in for
- makes upFabricates or reconciles
covers · encompasses · includes · totals · contributes · forms · occupies · takes up · fills · spans
explains
Makes something understandable
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
- elucidatesMakes something understandable
- interpretsExplains the meaning of
illuminates · describes · details · reveals · breaks down · conveys · articulates · demystifies · unravels · decodes
considers
Thinks about carefully
- includesContains as component
- incorporatesMakes part of whole
- addressesLocations for correspondence
covers · allows for · reckons with · weighs · acknowledges · recognizes · accommodates · anticipates
accounts forignores
Refuses to acknowledge
overlooks · disregards · neglects · leaves out · omits
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