according to
In keeping with
According to attributes information, an opinion, or a standard to a source.
It introduces what someone said or wrote: According to the weather report, it will rain.
It can signal a rule or principle being followed: Everything was done according to plan.
The phrase often implies the speaker isn't vouching for the claim's truth: According to him, he was home all night.
Mention of a source
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- quotationCited passage or price
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
statement · account · report · spokesperson · official · expert · witness · authority
Faithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
- observanceKeeping of customs
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
- guidelinesSuggested rules for behavior
standards · protocol · rules · policy · law · requirements · specifications · provisions
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
- rulingFormal legal determination
judgment · dictum · pronouncement · order · command · instruction · guideline · regulation
citation
Mention of a source
- attributionAssigning origin or cause
- referenceDirecting attention elsewhere
- quotationCited passage or price
testimony · statement · account · report · spokesperson · official · expert · witness · authority · analyst
adherence
Faithful following of something
- conformityAdherence to norms
- observanceKeeping of customs
- regulationsEnforced rules and standards
guidelines · standards · protocol · rules · policy · law · requirements · specifications · provisions · stipulations
mandate
Formal authoritative directive
- directiveFormal command or instruction
- decreeAuthoritative legal command
- edictAuthoritative public command
ruling · judgment · dictum · pronouncement · order · command · instruction · guideline · regulation · statute
- attributionattributed to, cited, per, via, source
- citationscitation, citations, cite, cited, citation style
- compound prepositionsbecause of, due to, instead of, out of, prior to
- phrasesnoun phrases, noun phrase, verb phrase, prepositional phrase, prepositional phrases
- speech verbssaid, says, asked, answered, replied
- stock phrasesstock phrase, set phrase, cliche, catchphrase, filler phrase
according toin my opinion
Subjective viewpoint marker
personally · I believe · I think · in my view · from my perspective
according tocontrary to
In opposition to
against · despite · regardless of · notwithstanding · irrespective of
accord, discord, according, accordingly, accorded, concord, accordance, accords