Collocations with Account- 1
Account
noun
description
ADJECTIVE
brief, short –
blow-by-blow (informal), comprehensive, detailed, full, graphic –
.He gave us a blow-by-blow account of the incident
fascinating, vivid –
accurate, clear, factual, true –
eyewitness, first-hand, personal –
glowing, good –
.She received a glowing account of her son’s progress
media, news (AmE), newspaper –
.the newspaper account of the trial
fictional, fictionalized –
autobiographical –
historical –
biblical –
VERB + ACCOUNT
(give (sb), offer, provide (sb with), write (sb –
?Can you give us an account of what happened
publish –
PREPOSITION
in an/the account –
.Dr Richards describes this very well in his account of the events
PHRASES
(by all accounts (= according to what people say –
.I’ve never been there, but it’s a beautiful place by all accounts
by sb’s own account –
.By his own account he had an unhappy childhood