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According in a sentence
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According meaning
present participle and gerund of accord
Synonyms of According
Using According
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of accord
- Useful related words include: reported, accordant.
- In the example corpus, according often appears in combinations such as: according to, each according, and according.
Context around According
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 10 start, 10 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for According
- In this selection, "according" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 29.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, citizens, subdivided and junta stand out and add context to how "according" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and field according to lifetime and and then according to active. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "according" sits close to words such as way, high and used, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with according
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
That’s not according to me; that’s according to Elon Musk. (12 words)
AI has been scaring people for decades, threatening to take over their jobs, according to futurists, or civilization, according to Hollywood. (21 words)
Writing a will ensures that your assets are distributed according to your wishes rather than being divided up according to state laws. (22 words)
According to the original meeting item, the prospective buyer, Needmore River Ranch, would pay the appraised price of $4.6 million and make an “unrestricted donation” of $4.4 million to Texas State to be paid out over three years, according to the agenda. (44 words)
Marx was a proponent of two principles, the first applied to socialism and the second to an advanced communist society: " To each according to his contribution " and " from each according to their ability; to each according to their need s". (40 words)
Each group is then subdivided according to the actual hand shape, and then subdivided again according to the plane the hand is in (vertical, then horizontal), then again according to the basic orientation of the hand (palm, side, back). (39 words)
According to a statement by Nuland with regard to her bullying of Niger’s Military Junta – according to American Law, coups are a federal crime… so who ordered the Pakistan coup? (31 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to one view, most people today live as citizens according to the liberal-individualist conception but wished they lived more according to the civic-republican ideal.
Each group is then subdivided according to the actual hand shape, and then subdivided again according to the plane the hand is in (vertical, then horizontal), then again according to the basic orientation of the hand (palm, side, back).
Marx was a proponent of two principles, the first applied to socialism and the second to an advanced communist society: " To each according to his contribution " and " from each according to their ability; to each according to their need s".
According to a statement by Nuland with regard to her bullying of Niger’s Military Junta – according to American Law, coups are a federal crime… so who ordered the Pakistan coup?
According to the Decree, the Supreme Committee specifies the start and end times of the voting process on the election day, regardless of the voting system used, according to the timetable.
According to the order issued, the appointed officer/ employee, under the direction of the nodal officer, according to instructions of the commission, FLC will get the work edited.
According to the original meeting item, the prospective buyer, Needmore River Ranch, would pay the appraised price of $4.6 million and make an “unrestricted donation” of $4.4 million to Texas State to be paid out over three years, according to the agenda.
According to the platform’s Highly Ranked Scholars are “the most productive authors whose works are of profound impact and of utmost quality,” identified within each specialty, discipline and field, according to lifetime or prior five-year activity.
AI has been scaring people for decades, threatening to take over their jobs, according to futurists, or civilization, according to Hollywood.
And if everything is going according to plan, then the political process should go according to plan,” said Gallyamov, who worked as a speechwriter for Russian President Vladimir Putin when Putin served as prime minister.
As such, even though purchasing a lottery ticket may be permitted according to the letter of the law, it may not be proper according to the spirit of the law.
But her personal appeals and appeals by various for MPs to vote according to their conscience were ignored, with all MPs voting according to party lines on Wednesday.
Each apartment would have its own front door, according to plans, which will give “a great sense of security”, according to the planning documents.
If everything goes according to plan, according to our estimates Jumia's implicit plan is to end up with a quarterly cash burn in the range of $10-15 million by the end of 2023.
It should instead be understood like a home, in which people are obliged to look after one another: from each according to his ability, to each according to his need.
Panji has defended the school, according to Reuters, saying in a recent television interview that women and men were equal according to his interpretation of the Quran.
Several Turkish internet providers were blocking access to Twitter, according to real-time network statistics, according to Netblocks, a global watchdog for internet governance and cybersecurity.
That’s not according to me; that’s according to Elon Musk.
We ranked the 29 bases that opened since 2017 according to the year that they opened and then according to active-duty personnel within each country.
Writing a will ensures that your assets are distributed according to your wishes rather than being divided up according to state laws.
Common combinations with according
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- according to 322×
- each according 11×
- and according 10×
- quarter according 10×
- distributed according 6×
- but according 4×
- not according 3×
- according the 3×
- classified according 3×
- of according 3×