Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Agreeing; harmonious.
- Suitable; agreeable; in accordance; in proportion: followed by to.
- In accordance (with); agreeably (to): used with to: as, he acted according to his judgment: often applied to persons, but referring elliptically to their statements or opinions. Often abbreviated to
acc .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb obsolete Accordingly; correspondingly.
- adjective Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
- adjective precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which.
According as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. SeeAccording , adv.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Present participle of
accord . - adjective
Agreeing ; inagreement orharmony ;harmonious .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
- adjective (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
Etymologies
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Examples
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But I came to realize that I was expecting Him to fulfill His word according to my expectations.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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But I came to realize that I was expecting Him to fulfill His word according to my expectations.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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But I came to realize that I was expecting Him to fulfill His word according to my expectations.
Fear Not Tommorow, God is Already There Ruth Graham 2009
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Rather, we use the term according to its dictionary definition, meaning the foundational set of precepts on which a belief system is based.
David Brock and Paul Waldman: Excerpt from Free Ride: John McCain and the Media 2008
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He unblinkingly defines the term according to popular negative stereotypes associated with the term.
Archive 2007-04-01 Kylopod 2007
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He unblinkingly defines the term according to popular negative stereotypes associated with the term.
Ultra-Beautiful Kylopod 2007
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Maybe she is defining the term according to popular culture.
Do sardines exist? 2006
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In school, his nickname according to a great aunt was “the Cave, on account of his large mouth, which seemed all the larger as it gaped in search of an elusive word.”
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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In school, his nickname according to a great aunt was “the Cave, on account of his large mouth, which seemed all the larger as it gaped in search of an elusive word.”
Knotted Tongues Benson Bobrick 1995
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Hume defines the term according to the context in which it is used: justice is an artificial in contrast to a natural virtue, artificial yet not arbitrary; it is both socially determined and a sine qua non for the preservation of society.
ENLIGHTENMENT HELLMUT O. PAPPE 1968
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