Synonyms: account for, clarify, construe, elucidate, make clear
| Part of speech | verb |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /əˈkaʊ̯nt/ |
| Hyphenation | ac·count |
| Shavian alphabet | 𐑩𐑒𐑬𐑯𐑑 |
| Deseret alphabet | 𐐯𐐿𐐵𐑌𐐻 |
| Indicative mood | |
|---|---|
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) account | (I) accounted |
| (thou) accountest | (thou) accountedst |
| (he) accounts, accounteth | (he) accounted |
| (we) account | (we) accounted |
| (you) account | (you) accounted |
| (they) account | (they) accounted |
| Subjunctive mood | |
| Present tense | Past tense |
| (I) account | (I) accounted |
| (thou) account | (thou) accounted |
| (he) account | (he) accounted |
| (we) account | (we) accounted |
| (you) account | (you) accounted |
| (they) account | (they) accounted |
| Imperative mood | |
| account | |
| Participles | |
| Present participle | Past participle |
| accounting | accounted |
| Afrikaans | verduidelik |
|---|---|
| Catalan | aclarir; explicar |
| Czech | objasnit; vysvětlit; vysvětlovat |
| Danish | forklare |
| Dutch | beduiden; duidelijk maken; expliceren; klaren; ophelderen; verhelderen; verklaren; toelichten |
| Esperanto | klarigi |
| Faeroese | greiða |
| French | développer; expliquer |
| German | darlegen; einleuchten; erklären; erläutern; klarmachen; klarlegen; deutlich machen; verständlich machen; aufklären |
| Icelandic | þýða |
| Italian | spiegare |
| Latin | acclarare |
| Luxemburgish | explizéieren |
| Malay | menyatakan; terand |
| Papiamento | aklará; splika |
| Polish | wyjaśniać |
| Portuguese | explicar |
| Romanian | clarifica |
| Russian | объяснять |
| Saterland Frisian | ärkläärje; deerlääse; ferkloorje; ienljuchte |
| Spanish | aclarar; explicar |
| Swedish | förklara; utlägga |
| Turkish | açıklamak; anlatmak |
| West Frisian | ferklearje |
| Yiddish | פֿאַרטײַטשן |