گزارش خطا در معنی کلمه 'follow'

1 عمومی:: دنبال‌ كردن‌

2 عمومی:: پیروی‌ كردن‌ از

3 عمومی:: متابعت‌ كردن‌

4 عمومی:: تعقیب‌

1 general:: verb imitate: We shall follow our leader's example. verb come after: Prosperity will follow hard work. verb obey: We will follow the rules completely. verb chase: Follow that car! verb understand: Do you follow my instructions?

2 general:: In addition to the idioms beginning with FOLLOW, Also see AS FOLLOWS; CAMP FOLLOWER; HARD ACT TO FOLLOW.

3 general:: follow to walk, drive etc behind or after someone, for example in order to see where they are going: • The man had followed her home to find out where she lived. • Follow that car! • He hired a detective to follow her. chase to quickly run or drive after someone or something in order to catch them when they are trying to escape: • Police chased the car along the motorway at speeds of up to 90 mph. run after somebody/go after somebody to quickly follow someone or something in order to stop them or talk to them: • I ran after him to say sorry, but he’d already got on the bus. stalk to secretly follow an animal in order to kill it, or to secretly follow a person in order to attack them: • a tiger stalking its prey • He had a long history of stalking women in his neighbourhood. pursue written to chase someone in a very determined way: • The ship was being pursued by enemy submarines. give chase written to chase someone or something who is trying to escape from you: • One of the officers gave chase and arrested the man. • The calf ran away and the lion gave chase. tail to secretly follow someone in order to watch what they do and where they go: • Apparently, the police had been tailing the terrorists for months. track to follow and find a person or animal by looking at the marks they leave on the ground: • The bushmen were tracking antelope in the Kalahari desert.

4 general:: follow sth up ( US also follow up on sth ) to find out more about something, or take further action connected with it • The idea sounded interesting and I decided to follow it up. • He decided to follow up on his initial research and write a book.

5 general:: follow through to complete the movement of hitting, kicking or throwing a ball by continuing to move your arm or leg in the same direction • You need to follow through more on your backhand.

6 general::   verb go after sb/sth ADV. closely Johnson finished first, closely followed by Stevens and Higgins. | dutifully, obediently The dog followed obediently at her heels. | blindly She followed blindly, stumbling over stones in her path. | on You go ahead and we'll follow on later. VERB + FOLLOW beckon (to) sb to She beckoned him to follow her. happen after sth ADV. closely, quickly, shortly, swiftly The next programme will follow shortly. | immediately in the period immediately following the election happen/be true as a result of sth ADV. not necessarily It does not necessarily follow that sleep loss would cause these symptoms. PREP. (on) from Several conclusions follow on from his statement. accept advice/instructions ADV. carefully Follow my instructions very carefully. | dutifully, obediently copy ADV. faithfully The film follows the book faithfully. | blindly, slavishly It wasn't in his nature to follow blindly. slavishly following the views of his teachers VERB + FOLLOW be expected to, be likely to Banks are expected to follow the building societies in raising mortgage rates. PHRASES follow suit (figurative) (= act or behave in the way that sb else has just done) understand sth ADV. not quite I'm sorry, but I don't quite follow you (= understand what you are saying). VERB + FOLLOW be easy to | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to His argument was difficult to follow.

7 general:: follow on mainly UK to happen or exist as the next part of something • Following on from what I said earlier...

8 general:: follow (sth) through [ M ] to do something as the next part of an activity or period of development • The essay started interestingly, but failed to follow through (its argument).