according

/əˈkɔːr.dɪŋ/

prepositionadverbac · cord · ing

Think: “I’m a-CORD-ing the rules”—a CORD helps you keep things in order, so you do it *according* to the rules.

Yes, it's according. Don’t drop the second “c”: it’s **ac + cord + ing** (two c’s before “ord”).

Definitions

  1. prepositionas stated by; in agreement with (a rule, report, or person)
  2. adverbin a way that matches; correspondingly (often used with “to”)

Examples

  • According to the weather report, it will rain this afternoon.
  • The students lined up according to height.
  • He adjusted the schedule accordingly after the meeting.

Synonyms

as perin accordance withconsistent withdepending oncorrespondingly

Antonyms

contrary to

Translations

ES segúnPT de acordo comFR selon

Common misspellings

acordingaccordngacordinggacordinglyacorddingaccordin

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