"as per" meaning in English

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Adverb

IPA: /ˌæz ˈpɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæz ˈpɝ/ [General-American]
Etymology: c. 1782. From as + per Head templates: {{en-adv|-}} as per (not comparable)
  1. (informal) Ellipsis of as per usual. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, informal, not-comparable Alternative form of: as per usual Related terms: pursuant to
    Sense id: en-as_per-en-adv-7QyPiigV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 23 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 42 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 73 22 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 75 23 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 61 34 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Egyptian Arabic translations: 60 34 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 64 30 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 56 36 7 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 59 35 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 56 35 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 29 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 60 36 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 28 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 64 30 6

Preposition

IPA: /ˌæz ˈpɜː/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌæz ˈpɝ/ [General-American]
Etymology: c. 1782. From as + per Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} as per, {{en-prep}} as per
  1. According to.
    Consistent with; in a way that is not discordant with.
    Synonyms: in accordance with, ;, per#Preposition, following#Preposition Translations (Translations): وَفْقًا لِـ (wafqan li-) (Arabic), وفقا لـ (wefqan le-) [Egyptian-Arabic] (Arabic), mukaisesti (Finnish), conformément à (French), laut (German), zgodnie z (Polish), conforme (Portuguese), согла́сно (soglásno) (Russian), в соотве́тствии с (v sootvétstvii s) (Russian), conforme (Spanish), según (Spanish), de acuerdo (Spanish), conformemente (Spanish), theo như (Vietnamese), theo (Vietnamese), tuân theo (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-as_per-en-prep-R2yCCfwy Categories (other): English prepositions Disambiguation of English prepositions: 29 45 26 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 94 6
  2. According to.
    At the behest of; at the insistence of; by a command from; by the order of.
    Synonyms: per#Preposition
    Sense id: en-as_per-en-prep-nNAv6YXa
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: as per the usual, as per usual
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          "lang": "Vietnamese",
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