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according to en · ADP

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.
    • According to Captain Smith, we are not to spend more than 20 minutes on this task.
    • Certain parts of a species of strombus, found in the Black Sea, were used among Somali women as an aphrodisiac, according to Dr. Jacobus X. 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:
    • According to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry.
    • According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle. 2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55:
    • According to him, every person was to be bought. 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter II, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:
  2. In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with.
    • Near-synonym: on the basis of
    • Our zeal should be according to knowledge. 1695, Thomas Sprat, A Discourse Made by Ld Bishop of Rochester To the Clergy of his Diocese:
    • Over the past 20 years, the station complex - including the main platform buildings, signal box and level crossing gates - has been lovingly restored, with the gates replaced according to original plans. 2022 December 14, Robin Leleux, “A royal occasion as heritage projects honoured: Wolferton”, in RAIL, number 972, page 61:
    • there was only a frightening silence, unenlivened even by the invidious enquiries of former years, which culminated, according to its stern nature, in a still more frightening old woman, a figure awaiting her on the very doorstep. 1897, Henry James, What Maisie Knew:
    • You might expect him to balk, according to his temperament.
  3. Depending on.
    • The young’s chances of getting a job vary according to whether they live in the Northern or the Southern Europe..
    • They might come or not, according to their whim.

Coordinates

on the basis of

Deriveds

according to plan · according to one's understanding · according to one's lights · according to Cocker · according to Hoyle · according to Gunter · cut one's coat according to one's cloth

Synonyms

per · following · as per · as per · following · with · on the basis of · as to · per

Translations (178)

lt pasak (based on statement) · ru соотве́тственно (in proportion) · yi על־פּי (based on statement) · pl w zgodzie z (based on statement) · id mengikuti (in proportion) · fa طبق (based on statement) · ckb بەگوێرەی (based on statement) · ceb segun (based on statement) · yue 對……嚟講 /对……嚟讲 (based on statement) · hu arányos (in proportion) · ckb بەپێی (based on statement) · af ooreenkomstig (in proportion) · pl zgodnie z (in proportion) · id menurut (based on statement) · vec par (based on statement) · pl odpowiednio (in proportion) · ht dapre (based on statement) · it secondo (based on statement) · sh prema (based on statement) · gd a rèir (based on statement) · ru согла́сно (based on statement) · yi כּפֿי (based on statement) · vec drìo (based on statement) · ajp حسب (based on statement) · gd a rèir (in proportion) · pt segundo (in proportion) · ru в соотве́тствии с (based on statement) · pl podług (based on statement) · ur بامُطابِق (based on statement) · es conforme a (in proportion) · ast según (based on statement) · ka მიხედვით (in proportion) · sv enligt (in proportion) · ja の分だけ (in proportion) · ja ...によると (based on statement) · sh у складу с (in proportion) · grc συν (based on statement) · vo segun (based on statement) · be зго́дна (based on statement) · rsk спрам (based on statement) · mk според (based on statement) · sh po (based on statement) · pl według (based on statement) · de zufolge (based on statement) · fo sambært (based on statement) · el σύμφωνα με (based on statement) · sh пре̏ма (in proportion) · nn ifølge (based on statement) · wa shuvant (based on statement) · yi פּאָדליג (based on statement) · ast acordies con (based on statement) · da ifølge (based on statement) · grc κατά (based on statement) · th ตามที่ (based on statement) · gl segundo (based on statement) · bg в съгласие с (in proportion) · cmn 按照 (based on statement) · hy համապատասխան (in proportion) · yi וועדליק (based on statement) · is samkvæmt (based on statement) · de laut (based on statement) · br hervez (based on statement) · osp segund (based on statement) · ang be (in proportion) · cmn 根據 /根据 (based on statement) · ml പ്രകാരം (based on statement) · hy համաձայն (based on statement) · uk згі́дно (in proportion) · lad según (based on statement) · io segun (based on statement) · yi לויט (based on statement) · cs podle (in proportion) · ang æfter (based on statement) · fr selon (in proportion) · pl zgodnie z (based on statement) · la in (based on statement) · ceb sumala (based on statement) · vi tùy theo (in proportion) · sh u skladu s (in proportion) · bg съответно (in proportion) · he על פי (based on statement) · sh су̀кладно (in proportion) · tl ayon sa (based on statement) · uk згідно (based on statement) · nn ifylgje (based on statement) · cmn 按照 (in proportion) · da ifølge (in proportion) · cy yn ôl (in proportion) · got 𐌰𐍆𐌰𐍂 (based on statement) · vi theo như (based on statement) · it a seconda (in proportion) · cmn 依據 /依据 (based on statement) · hu megfelelő (in proportion) · de nach (based on statement) · yue 按照 (based on statement) · kk бойынша (based on statement) · nn ifølgje (based on statement) · et vastavalt (based on statement) · cy yn ôl (based on statement) · ka მიხედვით (based on statement) · nl volgens (based on statement) · et kohaselt (based on statement) · ar طِبْقًا لِـ (based on statement) · it ai sensi di (based on statement) · rsk по (based on statement) · ta படி (based on statement) · mt skont (based on statement) · sk podľa (based on statement) · eo laŭ (based on statement) · af aldus (based on statement) · fi mukaan (based on statement) · arz على حسب (based on statement) · ur بَقَول (based on statement) · hu összhangban (lévő/álló) (in proportion) · gl consonte (based on statement) · sw mujibu (based on statement) · cmn 根據 /根据 (in proportion) · oc segon (based on statement) · ext sigún (based on statement) · nl overeenkomstig (in proportion) · hu szerint (based on statement) · sh prȅma (in proportion) · ko ...에 따르면 (based on statement) · ka თანახმად (based on statement) · pt de acordo com (in proportion) · fi suhteessa (in proportion) · ar بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ (in proportion) · sh sùkladno (in proportion) · ka შესაბამისად (based on statement) · pl wedle (based on statement) · nl aldus (based on statement) · mr प्रमाणे (based on statement) · ga de réir (based on statement) · sv enligt (based on statement) · de entsprechend (in proportion) · es según (in proportion) · hi के मुताबिक़ (based on statement) · vec drio (based on statement) · et järgi (based on statement) · de gemäß (based on statement) · la in (in proportion) · ca segons (based on statement) · ro conform (based on statement) · he לפי (based on statement) · be паводле (based on statement) · vi tùy (in proportion) · cs podle (based on statement) · pt segundo (based on statement) · es según (based on statement) · ar وَفْقًا لِـ (based on statement) · fy neffens (based on statement) · cmn 依據 /依据 (in proportion) · ur کے مطابق (based on statement) · fr d'après (based on statement) · pam agpang king (based on statement) · yue 根據 /根据 (based on statement) · af volgens (based on statement) · wa d’ après (based on statement) · ia secundo (in proportion) · wa sorlon (based on statement) · pt conforme (in proportion) · ml അനുസരിച്ച് (based on statement) · nb ifølge (based on statement) · fr selon (based on statement) · pt conforme (based on statement) · la secundum (based on statement) · ceb suma (based on statement) · pam agpang kang (based on statement) · ga dar le (based on statement) · pt de acordo com (based on statement) · sv i enlighet med (in proportion) · vi theo (based on statement) · tr göre (based on statement) · es acorde a (in proportion) · pl w zgodzie z (in proportion) · uk відпові́дно (in proportion) · bg според (based on statement) · it in base a (based on statement)