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accountableac‧count‧a‧ble /əˈkaʊntəbəl/ ●○○ adjective [not before noun] - An increase in transfer of power from the state to local government would also make institutions more accountable.
- And they will be held accountable for doing so.
- But I know that you fellows hold me accountable for what I write and what I say.
- His remedy, modest given his rhetoric, is that professors should be held more accountable for what they do.
- How can doctors be made more accountable for the resources they use and what kind of incentives are appropriate?
- It will all without question make the schools and LEAs more accountable, at least in terms of pupil performance, to parents and public.
- The major resource users, doctors, were not held accountable for spending taxpayers' money.
- Their living conditions are getting worse year by year, politicians are corrupt, often are not held accountable.
► held accountable The hospital should be held accountable for the quality of care it gives. ADVERB► democratically· That is why we want to make the Commission democratically accountable.· Now we aim to increase further the day-to-day independence of schools and colleges within a democratically accountable framework of local education authorities.· These citizens will be served by instruments of Government at Union level, which are intended eventually to be made democratically accountable.· That layer would not be an imposition; it would be democratically accountable. ► directly· Their research has to be applied in the very process of enquiry: it has to be directly accountable in terms of practical pay-off.· In figure 23, A is directly accountable to his manager X for his work being carried out effectively.· These meetings are concerned with departmental performances, for which the managers are now directly accountable. ► more· In addition, the legislation is intended to make the Fed more accountable to elected officials by insisting on reforms.· Besides, workers are more accountable and productive on the job site.· They endeavoured, on a number of levels, to make themselves more accountable than previous Labour councils had been.· His remedy, modest given his rhetoric, is that professors should be held more accountable for what they do.· It will all without question make the schools and LEAs more accountable, at least in terms of pupil performance, to parents and public.· Thus, these Watergate reforms failed to make government and the electoral process more accountable, democratic or honest.· More open, more supportive, and more accountable mechanisms are now proposed.· Testing and league tables were established for the consumer and were supposed to make schools more accountable to parents. ► hold somebody responsible/accountable/liable (for something)- He was held not liable as there was a real and imminent danger and he had done what was reasonably necessary.
- I hold the police responsible for my son's death Voice over Police denied any knowledge of who was on the bike.
- In the past, juries have usually sided with the industry, holding smokers liable for the damage they inflict on themselves.
- Please, however, do not think that I hold you responsible, in any way, for my own uncertainty.
- She would have been held personally responsible and would almost certainly have fallen from office.
- The jury that held Simpson liable consisted of six men and six women, ranging in age from mid-20s to mid-70s.
- Then he told Hepzibah he'd hold her responsible!
- You can not learn team performance without being part of a team that holds itself mutually accountable for achieving specific performance goals.
responsible for the effects of your actions and willing to explain or be criticized for themaccountable to The government should be accountable to all the people of the country.accountable for Managers must be accountable for their decisions. The hospital should be held accountable for the quality of care it gives.—accountability /əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti/ noun [uncountable] |