( followed by ` to') in agreement with or accordant with; " according to instructions"

Accordingly; correspondingly.

Agreeing; harmonizing; in agreement: with to; as, to act according to orders.

In accordance: agreeing.

Agreeing; harmonizing.

Agreeing; harmonious. According to, in accordance with; agreeably to the statement or opinion of. According as, in proportion as.

Agreeing; granting; suitable; according to, prep. phrase.

He went according to promise, and after the meal had been finished, they did not take a round- about course, but went directly to the church, and there the man listened to the gospel again and gave himself to Christ. – Brazilian Sketches by T. B. Ray

As to the ordeal, the Chief answered, according to our faith Bhowanee has spoken. – Caste by W. A. Fraser

And whatever's right for it i' this country, and you think 'ull do it good, I'll act according, if you'll tell me." – Silas Marner The Weaver of Raveloe by George Eliot

Djamasp decided in favour of the latter, according to the custom of Kirman. – Les Parsis by D. Menant

No, sir- at least not according to my map. – Servants of the Guns by Jeffery E. Jeffery

And seeing as how, according to Widow Ormthwaite, you're making some inquiries about Baxter, I don't mind telling, 'cause I been mighty puzzled ever since I see this chap. – Ravensdene Court by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher

And the idea was not only accepted by Wordsworth, but, according to his own account, he had mentioned in substance what he wished to be expressed. – Oxford Lectures on Poetry by Andrew Cecil Bradley

The old lady then kissed Tamar, and gave her the permission she required, to arrange the cottage according to her own fancy. – Shanty the Blacksmith; A Tale of Other Times by Mrs. Sherwood [AKA: Mrs. Mary Martha Sherwood]

He passed afterwards into his cabinet, where he held a council, and afterwards went, as usual, to Madame de Maintenon's and supped at ten o'clock, according to custom. – The Memoirs of Louis XIV., His Court and The Regency, Complete by Duc de Saint-Simon

It would be the best plan to make a fire out- of- doors and let each one cook for himself, according to his country. – Melbourne House by Elizabeth Wetherell

Of this I am now fully convinced; still we looked anxiously for the pirate's boat to come according to promise with more water and provisions, but looked in vain. – The Pirates Own Book by Charles Ellms

And the truth, according to you, is that I no longer care for you? – Bijou by Gyp

" To act according to circumstances. – The Rome Express by Arthur Griffiths

Apparently she was not according her visitor the slightest attention. – The Heart of the Range by William Patterson White

But, according to your theory, the strong love the weak only. – Tommy and Grizel by J.M. Barrie

No life in here, according to it. – The Giants From Outer Space by Geoff St. Reynard

For, according to his view, a representation is the representation or apprehension of something only from the point of view of the thing in itself. – Kant's Theory of Knowledge by Harold Arthur Prichard

" Then, according to you, we are to believe in all your rigmaroles," said Genestas, with the easy good- humor of a soldier who has never given a thought to these things. – The Country Doctor by Honore de Balzac