follow
Verbs
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(v) to travel behind, go after, come after
- The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
- Please follow the guide through the museum
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(v) be later in time
- Tuesday always follows Monday
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(v) come as a logical consequence; follow logically
- It follows that your assertion is false
- the theorem falls out nicely
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(v) travel along a certain course
- follow the road
- follow the trail
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(v) act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
- He complied with my instructions
- You must comply or else!
- Follow these simple rules
- abide by the rules
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(v) come after in time, as a result
- A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
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(v) behave in accordance or in agreement with
- Follow a pattern
- Follow my example
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(v) be next
- Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
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(v) choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
- She followed the feminist movement
- The candidate espouses Republican ideals
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(v) to bring something about at a later time than
- She followed dinner with a brandy
- He followed his lecture with a question and answer period
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(v) imitate in behavior; take as a model
- Teenagers follow their friends in everything
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(v) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
- We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"
- trace the student's progress
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(v) follow with the eyes or the mind
- Keep an eye on the baby, please!
- The world is watching Sarajevo
- She followed the men with the binoculars
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(v) be the successor (of)
- Carter followed Ford
- Will Charles succeed to the throne?
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(v) perform an accompaniment to
- The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
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(v) keep informed
- He kept up on his country's foreign policies
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(v) to be the product or result
- Melons come from a vine
- Understanding comes from experience
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(v) accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
- Let's follow our great helmsman!
- She followed a guru for years
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(v) adhere to or practice
- These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
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(v) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
- He is a herpetologist
- She is our resident philosopher
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(v) keep under surveillance
- The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
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(v) follow in or as if in pursuit
- The police car pursued the suspected attacker
- Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
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(v) grasp the meaning
- Can you follow her argument?
- When he lectures, I cannot follow
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(v) keep to
- Stick to your principles
- stick to the diet