according to
preposition OPAL WOPAL S
/əˈkɔːdɪŋ tə/, before vowels /əˈkɔːdɪŋ tu/
/əˈkɔːrdɪŋ tə/, before vowels /əˈkɔːrdɪŋ tu/
Idioms - According to Mick, it's a great movie.
- You've been absent six times according to our records.
Language Bank according toaccording toReporting someone’s opinion- Photography is, according to Vidal, the art form of untalented people.
- For Vidal, photography is the art form of untalented people.
- His view is that photography is not art but merely the mechanical reproduction of images.
- Smith takes the view that photography is both an art and a science.
- In Brown’s view, photography should be treated as a legitimate art in its own right.
- James is of the opinion that a good painter can always be a good photographer if he or she so decides.
- Emerson believed that a photograph should only reflect what the human eye can see.
Language Bank illustrateillustrateReferring to a chart, graph or tableTopics Opinion and argumenta2- This bar chart illustrates how many journeys people made on public transport over a three-month period.
- This table compares bus, train, and taxi use between April and June.
- The results are shown in the chart below.
- In this pie chart, the survey results are broken down by age.
- This pie chart breaks down the survey results by age.
- As can be seen from these results, younger people use buses more than older people.
- According to these figures, bus travel accounts for 60% of public transport use.
- From the data in the above graph, it is apparent that buses are the most widely used form of public transport.
- The work was done according to her instructions.
- Everything went according to plan.
- The salary will be fixed according to qualifications and experience.
Idioms
cut your coat according to your cloth
- (saying) to do only what you have enough money to do and no more
- We wanted to buy a bigger house than this but it was a case of cutting our coat according to our cloth.