| VERB | stative | account for | be the reason or explanation for |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | account for | give reasons for |
| Meaning | Be the reason or explanation for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | be | Have the quality of being |
| Meaning | Give reasons for. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "Can you account for all these absences?" | |
| Broader | explain, explicate | make plain and comprehensible |
| Catalan | justificar | |
| Spanish | justificar | |
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