according as
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.27 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Precisely as; the same as; just as; corresponding to the way in which. (Now often expressing accordance with two or more alternatives.)
adv
To the proportion or degree that.
adv
Example Sentences
- "Is all things well, According as I gave directions?"
- "The land which the Lord will give you according as he hath promised."
- "Ethical theories may be divided into two classes, according as they regard virtue as an end or a means."
- "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."