DICTOMETER

PERSEGUIR (Spanish for "follow")

(follow, persecute, pursue, forfølge, følge, plage)

1. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   Definitions:
   • to travel behind, go after, come after
   Examples:
   • The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
   • Please follow the guide through the museum
   Antonyms:
   precede, lead
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Postdate
   • Follow
   Definitions:
   • be later in time
   Examples:
   • Tuesday always follows Monday
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   • Fall out
   Definitions:
   • come as a logical consequence
   • follow logically
   Examples:
   • It follows that your assertion is false
   • The theorem falls out nicely
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   • Travel along
   Definitions:
   • travel along a certain course
   Examples:
   • Follow the road
   • Follow the trail
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Comply
   • Follow
   • Abide by
   Definitions:
   • act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
   Examples:
   • He complied with my instructions
   • You must comply or else!
   • Follow these simple rules
   • Abide by the rules
   
   
6. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   • Come after
   Definitions:
   • come after in time, as a result
   Examples:
   • A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
   
   
7. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   • Conform to
   Definitions:
   • behave in accordance or in agreement with
   Examples:
   • Follow a pattern
   • Follow my example
   
   
8. Synonyms:
   • Follow
   Definitions:
   • be next
   Examples:
   • Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
   
   
9. Synonyms:
   • Adopt
   • Follow
   • Espouse
   Definitions:
   • choose and follow
   • as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   Examples:
   • She followed the feminist movement
   • The candidate espouses Republican ideals
   
   
10. Synonyms:
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • to bring something about at a later time than
    Examples:
    • She followed dinner with a brandy
    • He followed his lecture with a question and answer period
    
    
11. Synonyms:
    • Take after
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • imitate in behavior
    • take as a model
    Examples:
    • Teenagers follow their friends in everything
    
    
12. Synonyms:
    • Trace
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
    Examples:
    • We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
    • Trace the student's progress
    
    
13. Synonyms:
    • Watch
    • Observe
    • Follow
    • Watch over
    • Keep an eye on
    Definitions:
    • follow with the eyes or the mind
    Examples:
    • Keep an eye on the baby, please!
    • The world is watching Sarajevo
    • She followed the men with the binoculars
    
    
14. Synonyms:
    • Succeed
    • Come after
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • be the successor (of)
    Examples:
    • Carter followed Ford
    • Will Charles succeed to the throne?
    
    
15. Synonyms:
    • Play along
    • Accompany
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • perform an accompaniment to
    Examples:
    • The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
    
    
16. Synonyms:
    • Keep up
    • Keep abreast
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • keep informed
    Examples:
    • He kept up on his country's foreign policies
    
    
17. Synonyms:
    • Come
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • to be the product or result
    Examples:
    • Melons come from a vine
    • Understanding comes from experience
    
    
18. Synonyms:
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
    Examples:
    • Let's follow our great helmsman!
    • She followed a guru for years
    
    
19. Synonyms:
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • adhere to or practice
    Examples:
    • These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
    
    
20. Synonyms:
    • Be
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
    Examples:
    • He is a herpetologist
    • She is our resident philosopher
    
    
21. Synonyms:
    • Surveil
    • Follow
    • Survey
    Definitions:
    • keep under surveillance
    Examples:
    • The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
    
    
22. Synonyms:
    • Pursue
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • follow in or as if in pursuit
    Examples:
    • The police car pursued the suspected attacker
    • Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
    
    
23. Synonyms:
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • grasp the meaning
    Examples:
    • Can you follow her argument?
    • When he lectures, I cannot follow
    
    
24. Synonyms:
    • Stick to
    • Stick with
    • Follow
    Definitions:
    • keep to
    Examples:
    • Stick to your principles
    • Stick to the diet