About The Word According
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What's The Definition Of According?
[adj] (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians"
[adj] (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" Synonyms | Synonyms for According: accordant | reported Related Terms | Find terms related to According: See Also | According In Webster's Dictionary \Ac*cord"ing\, p. a.
Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. ``This
according voice of national wisdom.'' --Burke. ``Mind and
soul according well.'' --Tennyson.
According to him, every person was to be bought.
--Macaulay.
Our zeal should be according to knowledge. --Sprat.
Note: According to has been called a prepositional phrase,
but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the
sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the
preposition.
{According as}, 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. See {According}, adv.
Is all things well, According as I gave directions?
--Shak.
The land which the Lord will give you according as
he hath promised. --Ex. xii. 25.
\Ac*cord"ing\, adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] --Shak. |
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