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(verb) behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
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Synonyms: conform to |
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Related Words: copy, go by, imitate, simulate |
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(verb) grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?" "When he lectures, I cannot follow" |
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Related Words: understand |
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(verb) travel along a certain course: "follow the road"; "follow the trail" |
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Synonyms: travel along |
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Related Words: go, heel, locomote, move, travel |
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(verb) 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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Related Words: carry, dawdle, fall back, fall behind, go, lag, locomote, move, shadow, tailgate, travel |
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Antonyms: precede |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: survey |
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(verb) adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" |
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Related Words: apply, practice, use |
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(verb) accept and follow the leadership of command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" |
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Related Words: act, behave, do |
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(verb) come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false" |
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Related Words: ensue, result |
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(verb) come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" |
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Synonyms: come after |
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Related Words: ensue, result |
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(verb) be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" |
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Related Words: be |
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(verb) 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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(verb) follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" |
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Synonyms: trace |
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Related Words: analyse, analyze, examine, study |
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(verb) perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" |
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Synonyms: accompany |
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Related Words: play |
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(verb) imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
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Synonyms: take after |
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Related Words: copy, imitate, simulate |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: pursue |
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Related Words: chase, chase after, dog, go, go after, haunt, locomote, move, stalk, tag, tail, track, trail, travel |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: adopt, espouse |
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Related Words: choose, pick out, select, take |
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(verb) be compliant; go along with; act in agreement with; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!" "Follow these simple rules" |
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Synonyms: abide by, comply |
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Related Words: accommodate, obey, oblige, toe the line |
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(verb) to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" |
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Synonyms: come |
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Related Words: arise, develop, grow, originate, rise, spring up |
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(verb) be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday." |
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Synonyms: postdate |
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(verb) keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" |
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Synonyms: keep abreast, keep up |
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(verb) keep to: "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" |
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Synonyms: stick to, stick with |
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Related Words: hang in, hang on, hold on, persevere, persist |
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(verb) be the successor of; "Carter followed Ford" |
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Synonyms: come after, succeed |
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Related Words: accede to, enter upon, replace, supersede, supervene upon, supplant |
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(verb) work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist; "She is our resident philosopher"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through law school" |
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Synonyms: be, work |
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Related Words: boondoggle, carpenter, clerk, cooper, cox, intern, minister, page, skipper, specialize, vet, wait |
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(verb) 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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Synonyms: keep an eye on, observe, watch, watch over |
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Related Words: check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, go over, guard, invigilate, look into, proctor, suss out |
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