ACCORDING definition: 1. present participle of accord 2. to treat someone specially, usually by showing respect: . Learn more.
Lecture at the Australian Defence Force Academy A lecture at the University of Bologna in Italy in the mid-fourteenth century. The lecturer reads from a text on the lectern while students in the back sleep. Barbara McClintock delivers her Nobel lecture A lecture (from Latin: lectura 'reading') is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject ...
A lecture is a talk someone gives in order to teach people about a particular subject, usually at a university or college.
This is the second sense in Merriam-Webster: concerning (2 of 2) adjective : causing concern or worry : creating reason for concern : TROUBLING "It's extremely concerning that drivers still choose to give their attention to things other than the road when they're behind the wheel," said [Texas Department of Transportation] Executive Director James Bass. —The Nueces County Record Star This ...
My point was precisely that in the sense used by the asker’s daughter, ‘concerning’ is not the regular adjective ‘concerning’, but an ad-hoc adjective derived from the present participle of the verb. Such derivations are quite transparent, and they (unlike established derivations) do bring along the sense of the source to the derivation.
The term according to can be used to attribute something reported — according to the news, the airports are closed (even though according to your friend, they're still open). It also refers to agreement with a plan. If you study according to your advisor's suggestions, you'll do well.