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be accountable forto be responsible for something and required to explain or justify your actions

Part of speech: NOUN

Definition: to be responsible for something and required to explain or justify your actions

Pronunciation (IPA): /bi əˈkaʊntəbl fɔr/

Korean meaning: ~에 대해 책임을 지다, 해명할 의무가 있다

Korean pronunciation: 비 어**카운**터블 포

Example Sentences

  • My dog ate my homework, but I'm still accountable for not submitting it on time.
  • Politicians should be accountable for their campaign promises.
  • As team leader, Sarah is accountable for the project's success or failure.

be accountable for

NOUN

//bi əˈkaʊntəbl fɔr//

to be responsible for something and required to explain or justify your actions

be accountable for concept
💡 Concept

to be responsible for something and required to explain or justify your actions

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be accountable for rhyme
🎵 Rhyme

Be accountable for making every peak mountable and surmountable!

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🎤Pronunciation

🇺🇸 US/bi əˈkaʊntəbl fɔr/
🇬🇧 UK/bi əˈkaʊntəbl fɔː/

🌳Etymology

Rootaccount
Suffix--able

Origin

라틴어 'computare(계산하다)'에서 유래된 account와 '-able(가능한)'이 결합되어 '계산할 수 있는, 설명할 수 있는'의 의미로 발전했습니다.

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🎵Rhyme

countablemountablesurmountable
countable
mountable
surmountable

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📝Examples

😄 Fun example

My dog ate my homework, but I'm still accountable for not submitting it on time.

Politicians should be accountable for their campaign promises.

As team leader, Sarah is accountable for the project's success or failure.

😄 Fun example

He claimed his evil twin was accountable for eating all the cookies.

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📚Related Words

Synonyms

responsible foranswerable forliable forin charge of

Antonyms

irresponsibleunaccountableexempt from

Related

responsibilityaccountabilityliableanswerableduty