accountable

UK: /əˈkaʊntəb^əl/ US: /əˈkaʊntəbəl/ ,(ə koun′tə bəl)

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ac•count•a•ble /əˈkaʊntəbəl/   adj. 

1. answerable (to); responsible (for):
   [be + ~ + to/for + object] I am accountable to my supervisor. I am accountable for my own work.
2. [ be + ~] able to be explained:
   His actions were not believably accountable.

ac•count•a•bil•i•ty /əˌkaʊntəˈbɪlɪti/  n. [uncountable]
ac•count•a•bly, adv. 

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ac•count•a•ble  (ə koun′tə bəl), adj. 

1. subject to the obligation to report, explain, or justify something;
   responsible;
   answerable.
2. capable of being explained;
   explicable;
   explainable.

• 1375–1425; late Middle English; see account, -able

ac•count′a•ble•ness, n. 
ac•count′a•bly, adv. 

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accountable / əˈkaʊntəb^əl/ adjective

1. responsible to someone or for some action; answerable
2. able to be explained

acˌcountaˈbility noun

acˈcountably adverb