{
    "term": "accountability",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "the fact of being responsible for your decisions or actions and expected to explain them when you are asked",
            "sensetop": "accountability (of somebody) (to somebody)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "proposals for greater police accountability"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the accountability of a company’s directors to the shareholders",
                    "contextForm": "accountability (of somebody) (to somebody)"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Preferences and decisions"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti/",
                "audio": "ac/accountability/accountability__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/əˌkaʊntəˈbɪləti/",
                "audio": "ac/accountability/accountability__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}