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accountable

/əˈkaʊntəbl̩/

accountable adjective: obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.

Adjective

accountable (comparative more accountable, superlative most accountable)

  1. Obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
    • Everyone is accountable to God for their conduct.
    • You will be held accountable for your misdemeanors.
  2. Obliged to keep accurate records (of property or funds).
  3. Liable to be called on to render an account.
  4. (formal, rare) Capable of being accounted for; explicable; explainable.
    • True religion . . . intelligible, rational, and accountable, -- not a burden but a privilege.1703, Benjamin Whichcote, Moral and Religious Aphorisms

accountable meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam

accountable in Hindi

obliged to answer for one’s deeds
उत्तरदायी uttardāyī

accountable in Tamil

கணக்கிடத்தகுந்த, உத்ரவாதமுள்ள, பொறுப்புள்ள

accountable in Urdu

تابع احتساب, ذمہ دار

accountable in Malayalam

കണക്കുപറയേണ്ടതായുള്ള, സമാധാനം പറയേണ്ടതായ, നഷ്‌ടപരിഹാരകനായ, അംഗീകൃത യോഗ്യത നേടിയ അക്കൗണ്ടന്റ്, പണമെടുക്കുന്നതിനുള്ള നിക്ഷേപം, ദൃക്‌സാക്ഷിവിവരണം
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accountable in Kannada
ಪೊಣೆಕಾರ, ಪೊಣೆಗಾರ, ಹೊಣೆಕಾರ, ಹೊಣೆಗಾರ
accountable in Arabic
مُحَاسَب muḥāsab, مَسْؤُول masʔūl
accountable in Persian
پاسخگو pâsox-gu

Examples of accountable in a sentence

  • I want to be held accountable for my spending and I want to cut out extraneous expenses.
  • Clearly they didn’t and Todd Staples is the one who needs to be held accountable for it.”
  • “Our goal is to demystify and hold accountable those new technologies to avoid some of the mistakes of the past,” Mr.

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Synonyms of accountable

Forms of accountable

comparativemore accountable
superlativemost accountable

Origin of accountable

From account + -able. First attested around 1400.

Words formed from accountable

Phrases with accountable

Questions about accountable

What does accountable mean?
Accountable means obliged, when called upon, to answer (for one’s deeds); answerable.
What is accountable in Hindi?
Accountable in Hindi is उत्तरदायी (uttardāyī). See Accountable meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is accountable?
Accountable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce accountable?
Accountable is pronounced /əˈkaʊntəbl̩/.

Words near accountable in the dictionary

  1. accountability
  2. accountability buddies
  3. accountability buddy
  4. accountability partner
  5. accountability partners
  6. accountable
  7. accountable depot
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  9. accountable disbursing officer
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  11. accountable mail

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: accountable (page history and authors); accountable (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountable (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountable (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); accountable (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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