Results for according
Definitions of according:
part of speech: present participle, verbal noun
In accordance: agreeing.
part of speech: adjective / noun
Agreeing; granting; suitable; according to, prep. phrase.
part of speech: participial adjective
Agreeing; harmonizing; in agreement: with to; as, to act according to orders.
Usage examples for according:
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We should be miserable living according to your ideas; let us live according to our own.
"Crime and Its Causes", William Douglas Morrison -
According then, to Jesus' own words, He had come down out of heaven, and, by and by, would go back again to where He was before.
"Quiet Talks about Jesus", S. D. Gordon -
Hibbert handed him the notice without a word, but did not beat a retreat according to the instructions he had received.
"The Hero of Garside School", J. Harwood Panting -
" According to what the butler told us this morning," answered Murray, " Lady Carstairs went out on her bicycle at exactly noon yesterday- and she's never been seen or heard of since."
"Dead Men's Money", J. S. Fletcher