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1) PHR-PREP If someone says that something is true according to a particular person, book, or other source of information, they are indicating where they got their information.

Philip stayed at the hotel, according to Mr Hemming...

He and his father, according to local gossip, haven't been in touch for years.

2) PHR-PREP If something is done according to a particular set of principles, these principles are used as a basis for the way it is done.

They both played the game according to the rules...

They must take their own decision according to their own legal advice.

3) PHR-PREP If something varies according to a changing factor, it varies in a way that is determined by this factor.

Prices vary according to the quantity ordered...

The route that the boatmen choose varies according to the water level.

4) PHRASE: usu PHR after v If something happens according to plan, it happens in exactly the way that it was intended to happen.

If all goes according to plan, the first concert will be Tuesday evening.


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