According can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
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| according - (followed by `to') as reported or stated by; "according to historians" | ||
| according - (followed by `to') in agreement with or accordant with; "according to instructions" | ||
Adverb |
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| according - Accordingly; correspondingly. | ||
Verb |
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| accord - allow to have; "grant a privilege" | ||
| accord - go together; "The colors don't harmonize"; "Their ideas concorded" |
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| 1. | adj. | According to historians. | |
| 2. | adj. | According to instructions. | |
| 3. | verb | According to Professor S D Muni, South Asia expert at the Jawaharal Nehru University, the two-year peace talks between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are stalemated. | |
| 4. | verb | According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control. | |
| 5. | verb | According to records released earlier this year, Bush earned 253 points in his first year, May 1968 to May 1969 (since he joined in May 1968, his service thereafter was measured on a May-to-May basis). | |
| 6. | verb | That brings the story to May 1972 — the time that has been the focus of so many news reports — when Bush “deserted” (according to anti-Bush filmmaker Michael Moore) or went “AWOL” (according to Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee). | |
| 7. | verb | In 2001, according to Indian army officials, security forces launched a wide-ranging operation in the 300-some inhabited islands neighboring Andaman and Nicobar, and found huge caches of arms. | |
| 8. | verb | GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator. | |
| 9. | verb | In the past, he has talked in apocalyptic terms about a violent end to the world, according to former members. | |
| 10. | verb | According to a report prepared by a committee of Arab intellectuals and published under the auspices of the U.N., the number of books translated by the entire Arab world is much smaller than what little Greece alone translates. | |
| 11. | verb | According to senior counter terrorism officials, both here and abroad, among the supporters of these militant islamists were people who blended into society and were available to act when another part of the network requested it. | |
| 12. | verb | According to Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, al Qaeda’s ability to conduct an anthrax attack is one of the most immediate threats the United States is likely to face." | |
| 13. | verb | Sufaat, according to both KSM and Hambali, did not have the virulent US Army Ames strain that would be used. | |
| 14. | verb | According to some reports, Zawahiri is thought by intelligence to be somewhere near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. | |
| 15. | verb | At least according to the public comments by bioweaponeer experts William Patrick and Kenneth Alibek, under the optimal method, there is no electrostatic charge. | |
| 16. | verb | According to the Pakistan reports, Aafia Siddiqui was detained after being spotted at Karachi International airport (after she was followed to a relative's house). | |
| 17. | verb | It is a prevalent belief, according to a nationwide poll in the United States, that Muslims are linked with terrorism. | |
| 18. | noun | We are in accord with your proposal. |
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| adj. | |
| According to historians. |
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| According to instructions. |
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| verb | |
| According to Professor S D Muni, South Asia expert at the Jawaharal Nehru University, the two-year peace talks between Colombo and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) are stalemated. |
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| According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control. |
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| According to records released earlier this year, Bush earned 253 points in his first year, May 1968 to May 1969 (since he joined in May 1968, his service thereafter was measured on a May-to-May basis). |
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| That brings the story to May 1972 — the time that has been the focus of so many news reports — when Bush “deserted” (according to anti-Bush filmmaker Michael Moore) or went “AWOL” (according to Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee). |
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| In 2001, according to Indian army officials, security forces launched a wide-ranging operation in the 300-some inhabited islands neighboring Andaman and Nicobar, and found huge caches of arms. |
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| GOODWYN: According to Archibald, Mr. Bush would also sometimes tell stories about his days at Yale in New Haven, and how whenever he got pulled over for erratic driving, he was let go after the officers discovered he was the grandson of a Connecticut US senator. |
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| In the past, he has talked in apocalyptic terms about a violent end to the world, according to former members. |
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| According to a report prepared by a committee of Arab intellectuals and published under the auspices of the U.N., the number of books translated by the entire Arab world is much smaller than what little Greece alone translates. |
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| According to senior counter terrorism officials, both here and abroad, among the supporters of these militant islamists were people who blended into society and were available to act when another part of the network requested it. |
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| According to Director of Central Intelligence George Tenet, al Qaeda’s ability to conduct an anthrax attack is one of the most immediate threats the United States is likely to face." |
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| Sufaat, according to both KSM and Hambali, did not have the virulent US Army Ames strain that would be used. |
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| According to some reports, Zawahiri is thought by intelligence to be somewhere near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. |
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| At least according to the public comments by bioweaponeer experts William Patrick and Kenneth Alibek, under the optimal method, there is no electrostatic charge. |
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| According to the Pakistan reports, Aafia Siddiqui was detained after being spotted at Karachi International airport (after she was followed to a relative's house). |
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| It is a prevalent belief, according to a nationwide poll in the United States, that Muslims are linked with terrorism. | |
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| We are in accord with your proposal. |
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