official account

collocation in English

meaningsofofficialandaccount

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official
adjective
uk
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/us
/əˈfɪʃ.əl/
relating to a position ...
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account
noun
uk
/əˈkaʊnt/us
/əˈkaʊnt/
an arrangement with a bank to keep your money there and to allow you to take it out when you ...
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(Definition ofofficialandaccountfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofofficial account

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The umpire's calls contribute to theofficialaccountof the game.
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We have noofficialaccountof it.
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Theofficialaccountof the flight has now hen published.
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Theofficialaccountof her death is extremely improbable.
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Why was it omitted from theofficialaccount?
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This is theofficialaccountof how that offer was made.
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I have here theofficialaccountof what happened, and this is what occurred.
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The lastofficialaccountseemed to me a very interesting document.
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It is the first time we have had anyofficialaccountof this significant offer.
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Anofficialaccountof that history has already been published, giving a full account of this action.
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The best way of so doing is to authorise an honestofficialaccountof exactly what happened there.
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This version is contradicted by theofficialaccount.
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Theofficialaccountof events soon came under scrutiny, however.
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Noofficialaccountof this occurrence has yet been received, and no further details are known beyond what has appeared in the newspapers.
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We had yesterday the conventional andofficialaccountby both sides of the differences that led to this series of misfortunes.
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The preparation of theofficialaccountconsists to a large extent in plotting the movements of the ships engaged, from a great mass of evidence available.
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However, there is evidence that differs from theofficialaccountof the battle.
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It never arrived; according to theofficialaccount, this was due to mechanical breakdowns.
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Many observers, especially locals who'd heard rumors that didn't coincide with theofficialaccount, were skeptical of the official story.
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Theofficialaccountis that the government quickly succeeded in calming the situation and ended the clashes.
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Is it not better that there should be an authoritativeofficialaccountof the evidence, which would be above any criticism or reproach from the point of view of partiality?
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However, as with most legal issues, this is theofficialaccount, based on laws that have only a status on paper.
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According to theofficialaccountof his death, however, he was in his garden when he experienced breathing difficulties and staggered around before falling over a low wall.
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Though anofficialaccountof civilian casualties is absent, exiles and participants in the event claimed that several thousand civilians had died with thousands more wounded.
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The background for the game is largely open for individual players to customise themselves and not feel restricted by oneofficialaccountof relations between races.
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