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FOLLOWS Synonyms

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pursue
verbv
verb

• carry out or participate in an activity; be involved in

• follow in or as if in pursuit

• go in search of or hunt for

• carry further or advance

succeed
verbv
verb

• attain success or reach a desired goal

• be the successor (of)

come after
verbv
verb

• come after in time, as a result

• be the successor (of)

accompany
verbv
verb

• be present or associated with an event or entity

• go or travel along with

• perform an accompaniment to

• be a companion to somebody

adopt
verbv
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take up and practice as one's own

• take on titles, offices, duties, responsibilities

• take on a certain form, attribute, or aspect

• take into one's family

• put into dramatic form

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

be
verbv
noun

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

verb

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at

come
verbv
noun

• the thick white fluid containing spermatozoa that is ejaculated by the male genital tract

verb

• move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• come to pass; arrive, as in due course

• reach or enter a state, relation, condition, use, or position

• to be the product or result

• be found or available

• come forth

• be a native of

• extend or reach

• exist or occur in a certain point in a series

• cover a certain distance

• come under, be classified or included

• happen as a result

• add up in number or quantity

• to measure up to in kind or quality

• be received

• come to one's mind; suggest itself

• come from; be connected by a relationship of blood, for example

• proceed or get along

• experience orgasm

• have a certain priority

comply
verbv
verb

• act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

ensue
verbv
verb

• issue or terminate (in a specified way, state, etc.); end

espouse
verbv
verb

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans

• take in marriage; married

• take up the cause, ideology, practice, method, of someone and use it as one's own

observe
verbv
verb

• discover or determine the existence, presence, or fact of by perception with the eyes

• make mention of

• observe with care or pay close attention to

• watch attentively

• show respect towards

• behave as expected during of holidays or rites

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• stick to correctly or closely

• conform one's action or practice to

postdate
verbv
verb

• be later in time

• establish something as being later relative to something else

surveil
verbv
verb

• keep under surveillance

survey
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a detailed critical inspection

• short descriptive summary (of events)

• the act of looking or seeing or observing

verb

• consider in a comprehensive way

• look over carefully or inspect

• keep under surveillance

• hold a review (of troops)

• make a survey of; for statistical purposes

• plot a map of (land)

tail
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

• the time of the last part of something

• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

• the rear part of an aircraft

• the rear part of a ship

verb

• go after with the intent to catch

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• remove the stalk of fruits or berries

trace
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a just detectable amount

• an indication that something has been present

• a suggestion of some quality

• a drawing created by superimposing a semitransparent sheet of paper on the original image and copying on it the lines of the original image

• either of two lines that connect a horse's harness to a wagon or other vehicle or to a whiffletree

• a visible mark (as a footprint) left by the passage of person or animal or vehicle

verb

• follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

• make a mark or lines on a surface

• to go back over again

• pursue or chase relentlessly

• discover traces of

• make one's course or travel along a path; travel or pass over, around, or along

• copy by following the lines of the original drawing on a transparent sheet placed upon it; make a tracing of

• read with difficulty

trail
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a track or mark left by something that has passed

• a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

verb

• to lag or linger behind

• go after with the intent to catch

• move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

• hang down so as to drag along the ground

• drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

watch
verb, nounv, n
noun

• a small portable timepiece

• a period of time (4 or 2 hours) during which some of a ship's crew are on duty

• a purposeful surveillance to guard or observe

• the period during which someone (especially a guard) is on duty

• a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event

• the rite of staying awake for devotional purposes (especially on the eve of a religious festival)

verb

• look attentively

• follow with the eyes or the mind

• see or watch

• observe with attention

• be vigilant, be on the lookout or be careful

• observe or determine by looking

• find out, learn, or determine with certainty, usually by making an inquiry or other effort

abide by
verbv
verb

• act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes

• show respect towards

conform to
verbv
verb

• observe

• behave in accordance or in agreement with

• fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condition or restriction

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Alternatives for PURSUE

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