turn to account
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.96 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Example Sentences
- "There was conversation in the carriage and I learned certain details. One said that there would be an accident some day, and so forth. In a flash—as by an inspiration—I saw how the circumstance might be turned to account. A bad accident and the shares would certainly fall and my position would be retrieved."