according to

[according to] {prep.}

1. So as to match or agree with; so as to be alike in.

* /Many words are pronounced according to the spelling but some are not./

* /The boys were placed in three groups according to height./

2. On the word or authority of.

* /According to the Bible, Adam was the first man./

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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