This pattern indicates sameness or equality.

- always used with action verbs
- 는 대로 can also mean "as soon as"
- this pattern can be made past tense by substituting -ㄴ/은 for the 는 portion
- this pattern can be made future tense by substituting -ㄹ/을 for the 는 portion

Examples:
하사가 말씀하는 대로 하세요./Please do as the sergeant says.
보신 대로 말씀해 주세요./Please tell it like you saw it.
먹을 대로 먹었어요./I have eaten as much as I can.