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accountable
/əˈkaʊntəbəl/
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What does accountable mean?
adjective
- Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
- Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
- Liable to be called on to render an account.
More meanings (1)
adjective
- (rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈkaʊntəbəl/
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He could not be accountable for his children’s want of spirits, or for her want of enjoyment in his company.
The stagnated state of the shipping industry in the port of London is held accountable for this condition of affairs.
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For this Alvaro Pelayo tells us that the priesthood were accountable, and that, in comparison with them, the laity were holy.
Doubtless it was its insufferable heat which was accountable for the worn lines in his face and the spiritless air which the wife's eye detected.
A prolonged clitoris, prolapsed ovaries, grossness of figure, and hirsute appearance have been accountable for many supposed instances of hermaphrodites.