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English
Etymology
c. 1782. From as + per
Pronunciation
Preposition
as per
- According to.
- Consistent with; in a way that is not discordant with.
- Synonyms: in accordance with; per, following
1895, C. Mamer, Official Proceedings of the Board of Commissioners of Cook County, Illinois. 1893/1894, page 403:Gentlemen—As per the rules of your Honorable Body, I advertised for bids for crockery, etc., that might be required by the various Cook County institutions from April 1st to June 30th, 1894, as per specifications on file in my office.
- At the behest of; at the insistence of; by a command from; by the order of.
- Synonym: per
As per Captain Smith, no midshipman shall sit or linger in this area.
You must remake your bed, as per the inspector.
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Adverb
as per (not comparable)
- (informal) Ellipsis of as per usual.
2024 August 29, Charlie Covell, 23:06 from the start, in Georgi Banks-Davies, director, Kaos, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Prometheus (Stephen Dillane), via Netflix:The monument is just Poseidon being lazy, as per, and not keeping his city in order. You cannot be destroyed.
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Anagrams
- rapes, après, Pears, prase, Spera, presa, apers, spaer, RESPA, pears, Spare, après-, reaps, præs., apres, parse, Rapes, Earps, Presa, aprés, spear, Spear, Peras, spare, pares, sarpe