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Based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.
- According to the directions, the glue takes 24 hours to dry.
- According to Captain Smith, we are not to spend more than 20 minutes on this task.
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- 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:
- 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 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:
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In a manner conforming or corresponding to; in proportion to; in accordance with.
- Near-synonym: on the basis of
- You might expect him to balk, according to his temperament.
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- Our zeal should be according to knowledge.1695, Thomas Sprat, A Discourse Made by Ld Bishop of Rochester To the Clergy of his Diocese:
- 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:
- 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:
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Depending on.
- They might come or not, according to their whim.
- The young’s chances of getting a job vary according to whether they live in the Northern or the Southern Europe..