a written or spoken report or description
written description of past events
Cases of word usage
1) a long written account (e.g. as prepared for a higher university degree) (dissertation)
2) to pull, twist, (something) out of the usual shape; to give a false account of (something) (distort)
3) a written account providing proof, evidence etc (document)
4) a person's written account of her or his life or experiences (memoirs)
5) to give a false account or description of (a person, opinion etc) (misrepresent)
6) to tell (a story); give an account of (something) (narrate)
7) a printed notice of a person's death, often with a short account of his life (obituary)
8) an amount of money by which a bank account is overdrawn (overdraft)
9) having used, taken out, more money than one has in a bank account (overdrawn)
10) a detailed account of a number of connected events etc; a musical performance by a solist or small group, or of the works of one composer (recital)