Used in a Sentence

according

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for according.

Editorial note

You just have your DNS server send out a different IP according to the IP of the request.

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Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of according gathered in one view.

adjective

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for according.

adjective

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

Example sentences

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You just have your DNS server send out a different IP according to the IP of the request.

2

The happiest countries in the world are Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark, Norway and Canada according to the World Happiness index.

3

So according to him, either posting a Show HN is not advertising, or it's not acceptable.

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Around 50 per year die due to shootings, according to data from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (www.nleomf.org) for 2003-2014.

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Let's say, just theoretically, that IE implements web sockets according to the draft.

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I myself am considering getting a VPN since a lot of sites track according to mac address.

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> So assume the VPS is a 16 core, according to your statement if they have 16 clients, the web host can allot 16 clients only?

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So according to this, when we look at the sky now we should see that light if we look far enough.

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Plz correct me if i am wrong according to your understanding.

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As it states in explanation paragraph, according to big bang theory, in the beginning stages there were light everywhere and the universe was not even transparent.

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It was 140K crossing the Med according to the BBC in 2014.

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What this means is that at every step along a ray path, you carefully pick a new direction for the next ray segment that is randomized according to whatever effect that segment corresponds to, whether it's the surface material there, or the camera lens or the area/volume light source, or something else.

Quote examples

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Not sure what percentage are "ghost-chartered", but according to this article I read earlier [1] corporate fees cover over 25% of Deleware's budget.

2

Well according to HN musicians should be artist, developer,sys-admin, graphic designer,sells-man, accountant,lawyer all at the same time because "evil labels".

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"According to a reddit comment, which we've stripped the username from" is quite silly regardless the genre of your article.

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Depending on which bit of Reddit, its also entirely possible the only way of reporting that "non-anonymously" might have been to say "According to a Reddit comment by BigDick4YoMama", which quite likely isn't what your editor wants to see in your articles.

Proper noun examples

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According to TFA (and the DoE, where they sourced the data), the online school's graduation rate was 7.3%.

2

According to [1] which points you to [2], the above holds true only within societies where religiosity is the norm.

3

According to McDonald's own nutritional information [1], you'd consume 1,070 calories per medium meal.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use according in a sentence?

You just have your DNS server send out a different IP according to the IP of the request.

What does according mean?

Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.

What part of speech is according?

according is commonly used as adjective.