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to the extent that; proportionately as.

depending on whether; if: I'll stay according as I have the money.

depending on how.

QUIZZES

In effect, this quiz will prove whether or not you have the skills to know the difference between “affect” and “effect.”

Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1475–1500

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In withdrawing aside sorrow remaineth: and the substance of the poor is according to his heart.
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