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| Sounds | faa'low |
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| Rhymes | afterglow, aglow, airflow, and 72 more rhymes in low at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | To travel behind, go after, come after. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Model | Sam cannot follow Sue; They follow the car down the avenue |
| Examples | "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
| Entailed by | catch up |
| Narrower | lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behind; tailgate; shadow; carry |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Contrary | precede, lead |
| Nouns | follower; following |
| Meaning | Be later in time. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Tuesday always follows Monday" |
| Synonyms | postdate |
| Contrary | predate, precede, forego, antecede, antedate |
| Similar to | follow, come after |
| Meaning | Come as a logical consequence. Follow logically. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; It ----s that CLAUSE |
| Examples | "It follows that your assertion is false" |
| Synonyms | fall out |
| Broader | result, ensue |
| Meaning | Travel along a certain course. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "follow the road"; "follow the trail" |
| Synonyms | travel along |
| Narrower | heel; ascend |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Meaning | Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Follow these simple rules" |
| Synonyms | comply, abide by |
| Narrower | oblige, accommodate; toe the line; conform to |
| Broader | obey |
| Similar to | stick to, stick with, follow; adopt, follow, espouse |
| Meaning | Come after in time, as a result. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s something |
| Examples | "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" |
| Synonyms | come after |
| Broader | result, ensue |
| Similar to | postdate, follow; follow |
| Meaning | Behave in accordance or in agreement with. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Examples | "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" |
| Synonyms | conform to |
| Narrower | go by |
| Broader | imitate, copy, simulate |
| Meaning | Be next. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" |
| Caused by | follow |
| Broader | be |
| Similar to | follow, come after |
| Meaning | Choose and follow. As of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She followed the feminist movement" |
| Synonyms | adopt, espouse |
| Narrower | adhere, stick |
| Broader | choose, take, select, pick out |
| Similar to | comply, follow, abide by |
| Nouns | following |
| Meaning | To bring something about at a later time than. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period" |
| Cause to | follow |
| Meaning | Imitate in behavior. Take as a model. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam cannot follow Sue |
| Examples | "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" |
| Synonyms | take after |
| Broader | imitate, copy, simulate |
| Meaning | Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" |
| Synonyms | trace |
| Broader | analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass, canvas |
| Similar to | keep up, keep abreast, follow; watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on |
| Meaning | Follow with the eyes or the mind. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Model | The children follow the ball |
| Examples | "She followed the men with the binoculars" |
| Synonyms | watch, observe, watch over, keep an eye on |
| Narrower | keep tabs on; guard; invigilate, proctor |
| Broader | check, check up on, look into, check out, suss out, check over, go over, check into |
| Similar to | trace, follow |
| Meaning | Be the successor (of). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s PP |
| Examples | "Carter followed Ford" |
| Synonyms | succeed, come after |
| Narrower | accede, enter; supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon |
| Contrary | precede, come before |
| Meaning | Perform an accompaniment to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" |
| Synonyms | play along, accompany |
| Category | music |
| Broader | play |
| Meaning | Keep informed. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | keep up, keep abreast |
| Similar to | trace, follow |
| Meaning | To be the product or result. |
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| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP |
| Synonyms | come |
| Broader | originate, arise, rise, develop, uprise, spring up, grow |
| Similar to | come |
| Meaning | Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Examples | "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" |
| Broader | act, behave, do |
| Nouns | follower; following |
| Meaning | Adhere to or practice. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" |
| Broader | practice, apply, use |
| Meaning | Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
| Synonyms | be |
| Narrower | vet; cox |
| Meaning | Keep under surveillance. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody |
| Model | They want to follow the prisoners |
| Examples | "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" |
| Synonyms | surveil, survey |
| Similar to | pursue, follow |
| Meaning | Follow in or as if in pursuit. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Model | They follow the car down the avenue |
| Examples | "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life" |
| Synonyms | pursue |
| Narrower | stalk; chase, chase after, trail, tail, tag, give chase, dog, go after, track; haunt, stalk |
| Broader | travel, go, move, locomote |
| Similar to | surveil, follow, survey |
| Nouns | follower; following |
| Meaning | Grasp the meaning. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Model | Sam and Sue follow the movie |
| Examples | "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" |
| Broader | understand |
| Meaning | Keep to. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s VERB-ing |
| Synonyms | stick to, stick with |
| Broader | persevere, persist, hang in, hang on, hold on |
| Similar to | comply, follow, abide by |