Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

call to account

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.03 in modern English

Syllables: cal-l -to ac-count
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.

Example Sentences

""But, Doctor, aren't we to do anything to discover the culprits? A harmless dog is killed, an inoffensive man's reason, if not his life, endangered. Surely someone ought to be called to account—""
"TravelWatch SouthWest Chairman Chris Irwin said: "This is intolerable. The South West deserves levelling up, not running down. SWR and its sponsors in the Department of Transport must be called to account.""

Inflected Forms

calls to account (present, singular) calling to account (participle, present) called to account (participle, past) called to account (past)

Questions

What does call to account mean?: To challenge or contest; to hold answerable for something.

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