according
adjective
1. (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with
- according to instructions
Similar word(s): accordant
2. (followed by `to') as reported or stated by
- according to historians
Similar word(s): reported
Sentences with according as an adjective:
- This according voice of national wisdom.
adverb
1. (obsolete) Accordingly; correspondingly. [16th-17th c.]
2. Consistently as; in a corresponding manner (now generally expressing accordance with two or more alternatives). [from 16th c.]
3. In accordance, in a manner consistent to (something). [from 16th c.]
verb
1. present participle of accord
- Mind and soul according well. - Alfred Tennyson