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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
ac·cord·ing       [uh-kawr-ding] Pronunciation Key.
–adjective
agreeing: according voices raised in censure.
[Origin: 1350–1400; ME; see accord, -ing2]
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ac·cord       (ə-kôrd')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   ac·cord·ed, ac·cord·ing, ac·cords

v.   tr.
  1. To cause to conform or agree; bring into harmony.
  2. To grant, especially as being due or appropriate: accorded the President the proper deference.
  3. To bestow upon: I accord you my blessing.

v.   intr.
To be in agreement, unity, or harmony. See Synonyms at agree.

n.  
  1. Agreement; harmony: act in accord with university policies.
  2. A settlement or compromise of conflicting opinions.
  3. A settlement of points at issue between nations.
  4. Spontaneous or voluntary desire to take a certain action: The children returned on their own accord. He confessed of his own accord.


[Middle English accorden, from Old French acorder, from Medieval Latin accordāre, to bring into agreement : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin cor, cord-, heart; see kerd- in Indo-European roots.]

ac·cord'er n.
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according

adjective
1. (followed by 'to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" 
2. (followed by 'to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians" 

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According

Ac*cord"ing\, p. a. Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious. "This according voice of national wisdom." --Burke. "Mind and soul according well." --Tennyson.

According to him, every person was to be bought. --Macaulay.

Our zeal should be according to knowledge. --Sprat.

Note: According to has been called a prepositional phrase, but strictly speaking, according is a participle in the sense of agreeing, acceding, and to alone is the preposition.

According as, precisely as; the same as; corresponding to the way in which. According as is an adverbial phrase, of which the propriety has been doubted; but good usage sanctions it. See According, adv.

Is all things well, According as I gave directions? --Shak.

The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised. --Ex. xii. 25.

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According

Ac*cord"ing\, adv. Accordingly; correspondingly. [Obs.] --Shak.

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