ACCORDING AS

Definition: ACCORDING AS

ACCORDING AS

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Qualification

Adverb: provided, provided that, provided always; if, unless, but, yet; according as; conditionally, admitting, supposing; on the supposition of; (theoretically); with the understanding, even, although, though, for all that, after all, at all events.

Crosswords: ACCORDING AS

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And if any of the said assizes cannot be taken on the day of the county court, let there remain of the knights and freeholders, who were present at the county court on that day, as many as may be required for the efficient making of judgments, according as the business be more or less. (reference)

Thus the natural fathers of families, by an insensible change, became the politic monarchs of them too: and as they chanced to live long, and leave able and worthy heirs, for several successions, or otherwise; so they laid the foundations of hereditary, or elective kingdoms, under several constitutions and mannors, according as chance, contrivance, or occasions happened to mould them. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

There were seen in the wake of armies more or less of marauders according as the commander was more or less severe.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Afrikaans

volgens (according to, along, as, by), namate. (various references)

Albanian

sipas rastit, sipas (according to, after, as, by, from, in accordance with, per, under, with), në varësi nga. (various references)

Bulgarian 

съобразно с това (accordingly), според това, според както, как (how, whence, whereby), дали (if, whether). (various references)

Danish

i henhold til (according to, as, by). (various references)

Dutch

volgens (according to, as, by, in accordance with), op (above, according to, as, at, by, exhausted, for, from, in, inside, into, on, out of, owing to, per, spent, through, to, toward, towards, up, uphill, upon, upwards, used up, within, worn, write down), naarmate, naar (about, according to, along, as, bleak, by, dismal, dreary, for, ghastly, grisly, horrible, ill, long for, nasty, sick, to, toward, towards, untranslated, unwell, yearn), langs (according to, along, as, beyond, by, past, straight past), ingevolge (according to, along, as, as a result of, by, in consequence of, owing to), blýkens (according to, as, by, in accordance with). (various references)

Faeroese

sambært (according to, as, by), eftir (according to, after, as, behind, by). (various references)

Finnish

pitkin (according to, along, as, be prolonged, by). (various references)

French

selon (according to, in accordance with), d'après (according to). (various references)

Frisian

neffens (according to, as, by). (various references)

German

nach (a, according to, after, as, behind, by, emulatesbildet, for, from, in, inside, into, on, over to, past, per, to, toward, towards, within), gemäß (according, according to, after, appropriate, as, by, per, pursuant). (various references)

Hawaiian

sipas (according to, as, by). (various references)

Hungarian

aszerint, hogy, szerint (a la, according, according to, after, as, by, flame, in, in my private opinion). (various references)

Icelandic

samkvæmt (according to, as, by), eftir (according to, as, by). (various references)

Pig Latin

accordingay asay

Polish

według. (various references)

Portuguese

conforme (according, according to, accurate, after, as, conformable, conformed, conforming, corresponding, fitting, from, in accordance with, on). (various references)

Romanian

pe mãsurã ce (as, in proportion as), dupã cum (insomuch as), dacã (after, if, provided that, when, whether). (various references)

Spanish

a medida que. (various references)

Swedish

alltefter (according to, as, by), jämlikt (according to, as, by), i den mån som (insofar as), efterhand som, efter (according to, after, afterwards, along, as, at, behind, by, down, for, from, in, of, on, past, since, to, up). (various references)

Tagalog

ayon sa (according to, as, by). (various references)

Turkish

göre (accord, according to, accordingly, after, as regards, by, by the side of, considering, for, for all, in accordance with, in pursuant of, in respect of, inasmuch as, per, pursuant, pursuant to, than, to, with respect to), bağlı olarak. (various references)

Ukrainian

залежно від (according to), дивлячись на. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: according, arcadings, cancroids, carangids, cardigans, cascading.

-3 letters: arcading, cancroid, carangid, cardiacs, cardigan, cardings, cariocas, cordings, draconic, ocarinas, organics, sardonic.

-4 letters: acarids, acaroid, accords, acrasin, acronic, adagios, adoring, agarics, agnosia, angoras, arnicas, ascarid, canards, candors, cardiac, cardias, carding, carinas, carioca, cicadas, cocains, cognacs, cording, darings, dragons, ganoids, garcons, gonadic, gradins, inroads, ocarina, ordains, organic.