Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

by all accounts

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.72 in modern English

Syllables: by al-l ac-counts
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

prep_phrase

According to all available accounts or reports.

prep_phrase

According to everything that people have said.

Example Sentences

"[…]and also by all accounts of the surplus which shall from time to time be settled between the new company and the liquidators of the old company[…]"
"The reputation of the elder Baron, although by all accounts justly merited, was destined to be completely thrown into the shade by that of his son[…]"
"[…]that they say, by all accounts, it costs him great trouble to make, by rason that he must fast a long time, and pray by the day, afore he gets himself[…]"
"I sent the particulars to the ship-builder, and by all accounts the news killed him, for he died not long after."
"The society had apparently been formed the previous year, but as the Cheltenham Spa Railway Society, which sounded rather parochial and unambitious - particularly as (by all accounts) its founders had gathered in a garden shed in the town."

Etymology

* First attested in 1798.

Questions

What does by all accounts mean?: According to all available accounts or reports.
Where does by all accounts come from?: * First attested in 1798.

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