according to
according to preposition: based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.
Preposition
according to
- 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.
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- as per, per, following, as to, on the basis of
- 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..
- Synonyms:
- with
according to meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
according to in Hindi
- based on statement
- के मुताबिक़ ke mutābiq
according to in Tamil
- based on statement
- படி paṭi
according to in Marathi
- based on statement
- प्रमाणे pramāṇe
according to in Urdu
- based on statement
- بَقَول baqaul, بامُطابِق bamut̤ābiq, کے مطابق ke mutābiq
More languagesFewer languages
- according to in Bengali
- অনুযায়ী onujaẏi
- according to in Malayalam
- പ്രകാരം prakāraṁ, അനുസരിച്ച് anusariccŭ
- according to in Punjabi
- ਹਸਬ hasab, ਬਮੂਜਬ bamūjab, ਅਨੁਸਾਰ anusār
- according to in Gujarati
- માફક māphak
- according to in Odia
- ରୁ -ru
- according to in Sanskrit
- अनु ánu
- according to in Tagalog
- ayon sa
- according to in Arabic
- طِبْقًا لِـ ṭibqan li-, وَفْقًا لِـ wafqan li-, بِالنِّسْبَة لِـ
- according to in Indonesian
- menurut, mengikuti
- according to in Persian
- طبق tebqe
- according to in Thai
- ตามที่ dtaam têe
- according to in Vietnamese
- theo, theo như, tùy, tùy theo
Examples of according to in a sentence
- 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...
- Certain parts of a species of strombus, found in the Black Sea, were used among Somali women as an aphrodisiac, according to Dr.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229:
- Our zeal should be according to knowledge.1695, Thomas Sprat, A Discourse Made by Ld Bishop of Rochester To the Clergy of his Diocese:
Synonyms of according to
Words formed from according to
Questions about according to
- What does according to mean?
- According to means based on what is said or stated by; on the authority of; by the order of.
- What is according to in Hindi?
- According to in Hindi is के मुताबिक़ (ke mutābiq). See According to meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use according to in a sentence?
- According to him, every person was to be bought.
- What part of speech is according to?
- According to is a preposition.
Words near according to in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: according to (page history and authors); অনুযায়ী (Bengali) (page history and authors); ਅਨੁਸਾਰ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); માફક (Gujarati) (page history and authors); ରୁ (Odia) (page history and authors); अनु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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