accountable
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4.6
- adjective
- /əˈkaʊntəbl/
:
responsable
- In the long run, every human being is accountable for what he chooses to do.
- be held accountable
- accountable for one's actions
- transparent and accountable
I just have always been accountable for my success.
- I just have always been accountable for my success.
- We're going to hold the staff accountable to do their jobs.
- Trump, we're going to hold you accountable for those statements.
- And as the law states, you have to be accountable for your crime.
- Brothers keep you pretty accountable and humble.
- The being that's held accountable is the human.
- Betrayals that they were never accountable for, Betrayals that didn't stop.
Examples
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You should be accountable for who you are.
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And having people hold you accountable is really important.
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We're going to hold the staff accountable to do their jobs.
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The law says he must be held accountable for his actions.
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But I had to be accountable for every decision that I made.
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Students are expected to be accountable for their learning as measured by state or national tests.
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The public should hold celebrities accountable when the justice system fails.
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And let us return to the American precept that every individual is accountable for his own actions.
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Certainly, all people are held accountable at different levels for different tasks during their limited earthly lives.
Academic text (2011) -
The law says he must be held accountable for his actions.
Synonyms
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In charge of something or the one who caused it to happen
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In charge of someone or something and must take care of it
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6.4
Required to explain your actions to someone in authority
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7.2
Required to answer to a higher authority
Antonyms
How Accountable
- Specialized
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- Formal
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Accountable comes from account + -able, where account originally meant 'a telling' or 'a counting', as in a bank account or when you 'give an account' of what happened, and -able means 'able to'. So accountable literally means 'able to give an account', which is why it now means 'responsible' and expected to explain your actions.