Would you please tell me a word, meaning “according to”? (as stated or indicated by)
The word is used in this context:
According to Mary’s report, submitted to John at 12:45 p.m. on Jan/01/2006 at his 300ft office, 6.2 feet, 41-year old white man Mark Clark abducted Laura, 8-year old white girl, at middle of 1st Street in L.A. at evening of Dec/15/2005, using his Toyota Highlander 06 Black model while she was walking toward her home at about 10mph from her elementary school, Walter Elementary School, on the street.
I searched a synonym for the phrase ‘according to’ about 10 minutes ago at following eight thesaurus websites, but could not find the word at the search:
answers.com, encarta.msn.com/thesaurus, infoplease.com, m-w.com, synonym.com, thefreedictionary.com, thesaurus.com, wordnet.princeton.edu.
Thank you for your time and help!
2007-02-21 08:44:13 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
In business-speak, we frequently use the word "per" to mean "according to".
"Per Mary's report..."
"I parked my car at the curb per your request"
See sense #3 in the Merriam Webster dictionary listing.
2007-02-21 13:28:17 · answer #1 · answered by Gwendolyn R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In thesaurus.com, one of the meanings of according to is "word for word," or "verbatim."--and that's more the meaning here. You could say "It says in Mary's report"
2007-02-21 18:35:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋