Cambridge Dictionaries online Cambridge Dictionaries online

The most popular online dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English

  

according to

 
/əˈkɔr·dɪŋ ˌtu/, /-ˌtʊ/, /-tə/ prep (AS STATED BY)

Definition

as stated by: According to my mother, you have to eat three meals a day every day.
(Definition of according to prep (AS STATED BY) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

“according to” in other dictionaries

More Results for “according to”

Word of the Day

be under a cloud

to not be trusted or popular because people think you have done something bad

Word of the Day

Blog

Read our blog about how the English language behaves.

Learn More

New Words

Find words and meanings that have just started to be used in English, and let us know what you think of them.

Learn More