according to

preposition

1. in agreement or accord with.

   according to his judgment.

2. consistent with; in conformity with.

   to be paid according to one's experience.

3. on the authority of; as stated or reported by.

   According to her, they have gone.

4. in proportion to.

   He'll be charged according to his ability to pay.

5. contingent on.

   According to the number of winners, the judges will award duplicate prizes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of according to¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English

Example Sentences

According to Hery Ramiarison, professor of economics at the University of Antananarivo, these are the result of decades of poor economic planning and the government's failure to create inclusive wealth.

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Foreign Minister Traoré said he had received a diplomatic note from the US explaining that Burkina Faso was put on a list of countries whose nationals had not respected rules around US visas and referring to the US proposals, according to a local news outlet's transcript of the interview.

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It tastes the same as regular salt and can reduce the chance you’ll have a heart attack or stroke by 10-15%, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2021.

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But according to Owen Rees, they are more a reflection of their writers’ bigoted imaginations than the truth.

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While it was a war that had to be fought, and one with a successful outcome, World War II wasn’t as good as all that, according to David Nasaw’s “The Wounded Generation: Coming Home After World War II.”

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