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according to S2
ac‧cu‧rate S2 W3 AC / ækjərət, ækjʊrət / adjective
1 information correct and true in every detail OPP inaccurate :
The brochure tries to give a fair and accurate description of each hotel.
fairly/reasonably accurate
Police believe Derek gave a reasonably accurate account of what happened.
not strictly/entirely/completely accurate
The evidence she gave to the court was not strictly accurate (= not exactly accurate ) .
2 measurement measured or calculated correctly OPP inaccurate :
It is difficult to get accurate figures on population numbers.
3 machine a machine that is accurate is able to do something in an exact way without making a mistake :
The cutter is accurate to within ½ a millimetre.
4 well-aimed an accurate shot, throw etc succeeds in hitting or reaching the thing that it is intended to hit :
an accurate shot
accurate bowling
— accurately adverb :
It’s impossible to predict the weather accurately.
W1 preposition
1 as shown by something or stated by someone :
According to the police, his attackers beat him with a blunt instrument.
There is now widespread support for these proposals, according to a recent public opinion poll. ► Do not say ‘according to me’ or ‘according to my opinion/point of view’. Say in my opinion : In my opinion his first book is much better.
2 in a way that depends on differences in situations or amounts :
You will be paid according to the amount of work you do.
3 in a way that agrees with a system or plan, or obeys a set of rules :
The game will be played according to rules laid down for the 1992 Cup.
Everything went according to plan , and we arrived on time.
re‧cap / rikæp, rikæp / verb ( past tense and past participle recapped , present participle recapping ) [ intransitive and transitive ]
to repeat the main points of something that has just been said :
Let me just recap what’s been discussed so far.
recap on
to recap on the previous lecture
— re‧cap / rikæp / noun [ countable ]