according as

adverb

Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)

First used 16th c.
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Meanings

adverbaccording as (not comparable)
  1. not comparablePrecisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)First known use 16th c.

    Is all things well, According as I gave directions?

    1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]
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    The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Exodus 12:25

    Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means.

    1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.20

    When A is a set in the ordinary sense of the term, its membership function can take on only two values 0 and 1, with f_A(x) = 1 or 0 according as x does or does not belong to A.

    1965, Lotfi A. Zadeh, Fuzzy Sets
  2. not comparableTo the proportion or degree that.
  3. not comparableDepending on whether.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
depending on

Translations

Dutch zoals, volgens
  • zoalsprecisely as
  • volgensprecisely as
French selon que
  • selon queprecisely as
Polish w zależności od, zależnie od
  • w zależności odprecisely as
  • zależnie odprecisely as
Vietnamese tuỳ theo
  • tuỳ theoprecisely as
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APA

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“according as.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/according%20as. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “according as,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/according%20as.

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