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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

according as en · ADV

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)
    • When A is a set in the ordinary sense of the term, its membership function can take on only two values 0 and 1, with f_A(x) = 1 or 0 according as x does or does not belong to A. 1965, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Fuzzy Sets:
    • Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means. 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20:
    • Is all things well, According as I gave directions? 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
    • The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:25:
  2. (not-comparable) To the proportion or degree that.
  3. (not-comparable) Depending on whether.

Translations (6)

pl zależnie od (precisely as) · nl volgens (precisely as) · fr selon que (precisely as) · pl w zależności od (precisely as) · nl zoals (precisely as) · vi tuỳ theo (precisely as)