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41 method
['meƟəd]1) (the way in which one does something: I don't like his methods of training workers.) način2) (an orderly or fixed series of actions for doing something: Follow the method set down in the instruction book.) postopek3) (good sense and a definite plan: Her work seems to lack method.) načrtnost•- methodically* * *[méməd]nounmetoda, postopek, način, načrtnost -
42 navigate
['næviɡeit]1) (to direct, guide or move (a ship, aircraft etc) in a particular direction: He navigated the ship through the dangerous rocks.) krmariti2) (to find or follow one's route when in a ship, aircraft, car etc: If I drive will you navigate?) usmerjati•- navigation
- navigator* * *[naevigeit]1.transitive verb nautical aeronauticskrmariti, voditi, upravljati (ladjo, letalo, raketo);2.intransitive verbpluti; usmeriti (to) -
43 non seq.
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44 Pan
I [pæn] noun1) (a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food: a frying-pan; a saucepan.) ponev2) ((American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven: a cake pan.)•- pancakeII [pæn] past tense, past participle - panned; verb(to move (a film or television camera) so as to follow a moving object or show a wide view: The camera panned slowly across to the other side of the street.) potovati (kamera)* * *[pæn]proper namePan -
45 pan
I [pæn] noun1) (a metal pot usually with a long handle, used for cooking food: a frying-pan; a saucepan.) ponev2) ((American) a tin for baking or cooking food inside an oven: a cake pan.)•- pancakeII [pæn] past tense, past participle - panned; verb(to move (a film or television camera) so as to follow a moving object or show a wide view: The camera panned slowly across to the other side of the street.) potovati (kamera)* * *I [pæn]nounponev, posoda; geology kotel, bazen; izpiralnik (za zlato); trdo tlo (pod prstjo); slang obraz, gobec; American slang ostra kritikafrying pan — ponev, kozicaa flash in the pan — kratkotrajen uspeh, mnogo hrupa za prazen ničAmerican to have s.o. on the pan — uničiti kogaII [pæn]1.transitive verbizpirati zlato (često z out ali off); pridobivati sol z varjenjem; colloquially ostro kritizirati, strgati koga;2.intransitive verbplenjati (zlato); colloquially uspeti, izplačati seto pan out — uspeti, posrečiti seIII [pæn]transitive verb & intransitive verbobračati filmsko kamero, obračati se (kamera) -
46 party-line
[pá:tilain]nounjuridically meja med dvema zemljiščema; dvojček (telefon); politics politična linija -
47 phrase
[freiz] 1. noun1) (a small group of words (usually without a finite verb) which forms part of an actual or implied sentence: He arrived after dinner.) poved2) (a small group of musical notes which follow each other to make a definite individual section of a melody: the opening phrase of the overture.) (glasbeni) motiv2. verb(to express (something) in words: I phrased my explanations in simple language.) izraziti- phrasing
- phrase-book
- phrasal verb* * *I [fréiz]nounfraza, reklo; idiomatičen izraz, način izražanja, stil; music fraza, stavek; pripomba; puhlicaII [fréiz]transitive verbizraziti, izreči; imenovati, opisati -
48 practise
['præktis]1) (to do exercises to improve one's performance in a particular skill etc: She practises the piano every day; You must practise more if you want to enter the competition.) vaditi2) (to make (something) a habit: to practise self-control.) uriti se3) (to do or follow (a profession, usually medicine or law): He practises (law) in London.) imeti prakso•* * *[praektis]1.transitive verb British Englishvaditi, uriti; opravljati, vršiti, izvrševati, izpolnjevati; varati koga;2.intransitive verbdelati, ravnati; prakticirati, imeti prakso (zdravnik, advokat); vaditi se, uriti se; spletkaritito practise (up)on — izrabiti koga, obrniti sebi v prid, zlorabitipractise what you preach — delaj še sam tako, kot pridigaš drugim -
49 proceed
[prə'si:d, 'prousi:d]1) (to go on; to continue: They proceeded along the road; They proceeded with their work.) nadaljevati2) (to follow a course of action: I want to make a cupboard, but I don't know how to proceed.) postopati3) (to begin (to do something): They proceeded to ask a lot of questions.) začeti4) (to result: Fear often proceeds from ignorance.) izvirati5) (to take legal action (against): The police decided not to proceed against her.) začeti postopek•- proceeds* * *[prəsí:d]intransitive verbnadaljevati pot, napotiti se (to); figuratively nadaljevati se, napredovati; uspeti, iti po sreči, priti naprej; nadaljevati ( with kaj); nadaljevati govor ( he ŋed to say nadaljeval je, nato je rekel); ravnati, delati po načrtu; preiti (to k), lotiti se, nameniti se (to do s.th. kaj storiti); izvirati ( from); juridically začeti sodni postopek ( against proti)to proceed with s.th. — lotiti se česa, izvesti kajto proceed to business — lotiti se dela, začetiBritish English to proceed to a degree — doseči višjo akademsko stopnjo -
50 pursue
[pə'sju:]1) (to follow especially in order to catch or capture; to chase: They pursued the thief through the town.) zasledovati2) (to occupy oneself with (studies, enquiries etc); to continue: He is pursuing his studies at the University.) prizadevati si•- pursuer- pursuit* * *[pəsjú:]1.transitive verbzasledovati, slediti, goniti, preganjati; gnati se, prizadevati si, težiti ( after za čem); kreniti, držati se (poti); opravljati (poklic); nadaljevati (pogovor);2.intransitive verbzasledovati, preganjati ( after koga); naprej govoriti -
51 road
[rəud]1) (a strip of ground usually with a hard level surface for people, vehicles etc to travel on: This road takes you past the school; ( also adjective) road safety.) cesta2) ((often abbreviated to Rd when written) used in the names of roads or streets: His address is 24 School Road.) cesta3) (a route; the correct road(s) to follow in order to arrive somewhere: We'd better look at the map because I'm not sure of the road.) pot4) (a way that leads to something: the road to peace; He's on the road to ruin.) pot•- road map
- roadside
- roadway
- roadworks
- roadworthy
- roadworthiness
- by road* * *I [róud]1.nouncesta, pot; nautical sidrišče (zunaj luke); American railway železniška proga, tir, tračnice; potovanjeany road colloquially vsekakoron the road — na potovanju, na poti, na turnejiroad safety regulations plural cestni prometni predpisihigh road, main road — glavna cestarule of the road — cestni prometni predpis(i); predpis za vožnjo (po cesti, po morju)royal road figuratively varna pot, lahka potthe road is made railway kretnice so postavljeneto be in s.o.'s road — biti komu napotito get into s.o.'s road — delati komu napototo get out of the road — iti (komu) s poti, napraviti (komu) prosto potto give on the road — pustiti iti mimo, umakniti seto leave the road nautical izpluti s sidriščato take the road — kreniti, iti ali odpraviti se na pot, napotiti se, odpotovatito take to the road British English archaic postati cestni ropar (razbojnik);2.adjectivecestniroad bend (curve) — cestni ovinek (vijuga, zavoj)road junction — cestno vozlišče, križiščeII [róud]transitive verbhunting (o psu) (iz)slediti z vohom (zlasti divjo perutnino) -
52 scent
[sent] 1. verb1) (to discover by the sense of smell: The dog scented a cat.) zavohati2) (to suspect: As soon as he came into the room I scented trouble.) zavohati3) (to cause to smell pleasantly: The roses scented the air.) odišaviti2. noun1) (a (usually pleasant) smell: This rose has a delightful scent.) vonj2) (a trail consisting of the smell which has been left and may be followed: The dogs picked up the man's scent and then lost it again.) vonj3) (a liquid with a pleasant smell; perfume.) dišava•- scented- put/throw someone off the scent
- put/throw off the scent* * *I [sent]nounduh, vonj, parfum, dišava; zadah; hunting voh, vohanje, figuratively nos, sledfalse scent — napačna sled (tudi figuratively)to follow up the scent — iti za sledjo, iti po slediII [sent]transitive verb(za)vohati (tudi figuratively), zaduhati; priti na sled; prepojiti z dišavo (vonjem), nadišavitito scent a job — zaslediti, najti službothe rose scents the air — vrtnica širi prijeten vonj v zraku; intransitive verb dišati, imeti vonj (duh); hunting iti za sledjo -
53 sea
[si:] 1. noun1) ((often with the) the mass of salt water covering most of the Earth's surface: I enjoy swimming in the sea; over land and sea; The sea is very deep here; ( also adjective) A whale is a type of large sea animal.) morje2) (a particular area of sea: the Baltic Sea; These fish are found in tropical seas.) morje3) (a particular state of the sea: mountainous seas.) morje•- seawards- seaward
- seaboard
- sea breeze
- seafaring
- seafood 2. adjectiveseafood restaurants.) z morsko hrano- seafront- sea-going
- seagull
- sea level
- sea-lion
- seaman
- seaport
- seashell
- seashore
- seasick
- seasickness
- seaside
- seaweed
- seaworthy
- seaworthiness
- at sea
- go to sea
- put to sea* * *[si:]nounmorje; ocean; val; figuratively veliko prostranstvo, velika množina, figuratively morje, mnogo, velikoon the sea — na morju, ob morjubeyond (over) sea(s) — prek, onstran morjabetween devil and deep sea — med dvema zloma, med nakovalom in kladivomseas of blood figuratively morja, potoki krvia sea of difficulties — morje (mnogo, veliko) težava sea like a looking glass, a sea like a sheet of glass — kot zrcalo (steklo) gladko morjechoppy sea — nagubano, nagrbančeno morjethe high sea — odprto morje; morje zunaj teritorialnih vodaI am (all) at sea figuratively čisto sem zmeden (v dvomih), ne vem, kaj naj naredimwhen the sea gives up its dead figuratively na sodni danto go to sea — vkrcati se; postati mornarto put to sea — spustiti (ladjo) v morje, splaviti (ladjo) -
54 shadow
['ʃædəu] 1. noun1) ((a patch of) shade on the ground etc caused by an object blocking the light: We are in the shadow of that building.) senca2) ((in plural with the) darkness or partial darkness caused by lack of (direct) light: The child was afraid that wild animals were lurking in the shadows at the corner of his bedroom.) mrak3) (a dark patch or area: You look tired - there are shadows under your eyes.) kolobar4) (a very slight amount: There's not a shadow of doubt that he stole the money.) trohica2. verb1) (to hide or darken with shadow: A broad hat shadowed her face.) skriti2) (to follow closely, especially as a detective, spy etc: We shadowed him for a week.) zasledovati•- shadowy- shadowiness
- worn to a shadow* * *I [šaedou]nounsenca (določene oblike); plural mrak, tema; figuratively varstvo, zaščita; figuratively imitacija, kopija, posnemanje; figuratively prazen sijaj, odraz tuje slave; malenkost, trohica, sled; duh, fantom, prikazen; stalni spremljevalec, "senca"; zasledovalec, špijon, detektivshadow boxing sport boksanje z namišljenim nasprotnikom (za trening)shadow cabinet figuratively kabinet, vlada v sencihe is but a shadow of his former self — on je le še senca tega, kar je prej bilthere never was a shadow between him and his friend — nikoli ni bilo kake sence (nesporazuma) med njim in njegovim prijateljemmay your shadow never grow less figuratively vso srečo (veliko uspeha) ti želim!to quarrel with one's own shadow figuratively biti zelo razdražljivto be reduced to a shadow — spremeniti se v kost in kožo, zelo shujšati, figuratively obstajati le po imenuto be worn to a shadow — zelo shujšati, postati pravi okostnjakII [šaedou]transitive verbzasenčiti, potemniti; archaic ščititi ( from pred), skri(va)ti; slediti (komu) kot sencato shadow forth (out) — nejasno napovedati, namigniti nahe shadowed forth his plans — dal je samo obrise svojih načrtov, le nakazal je svoje načrte -
55 sheep
[ʃi:p]plural - sheep; noun(a kind of animal related to the goat, whose flesh is used as food and from whose wool clothing is made: a flock of sheep.) ovca- sheepish- sheepishly
- sheepdog* * *plural sheep [ši:p] ovca; plural ovce, čreda; figuratively duhovna čreda, verniki, "ovčice", župljani; ovčja koža; figuratively boječ, plah, malce omejen človekblack sheep — črna, garjava ovcaa lost sheep figuratively izgubljena ovcasheep that have no shepherd figuratively nemočna množica (brez vodje)to cast (to make) sheep's eyes at s.o. — koprneče, zaljubljeno gledati kogato follow like sheep — slepo slediti, iti za kom, ne imeti lastne podjetnostiyou might as well be hanged for a sheep as a lamb — če že moraš biti obešen, naj bi se vsaj bilo izplačalo; če se greši, naj se (zares, pošteno) greši; kamor je šla sekira, naj gre še toporiščeto return to one's sheep figuratively vrniti se k prvotnemu predmetu pogovora -
56 star
1. noun1) (the fixed bodies in the sky, which are really distant suns: The Sun is a star, and the Earth is one of its planets.) zvezda2) (any of the bodies in the sky appearing as points of light: The sky was full of stars.) zvezda3) (an object, shape or figure with a number of pointed rays, usually five or six, often used as a means of marking quality etc: The teacher stuck a gold star on the child's neat exercise book; a four-star hotel.) zvezda4) (a leading actor or actress or other well-known performer eg in sport etc: a film/television star; a football star; ( also adjective) She has had many star rôles in films.) zvezda2. verb1) (to play a leading role in a play, film etc: She has starred in two recent films.) igrati glavno vlogo2) ((of a film etc) to have (a certain actor etc) as its leading performer: The film starred Elvis Presley.) (v filmu) igrati glavno vlogo•- stardom- starry
- starfish
- starlight
- starlit
- star turn
- see stars
- thank one's lucky stars* * *I [sta:]1.nounastronomyzvezda, ozvezdje; printing zvezdica; bela lisa na konjskem čelu ipd.; zvezda (odlikovanje); figuratively vidna osebnost; zvezdnik, -ica, slaven ali glaven filmski igralec (igralka); slovit pevecstar turn figuratively glavna točka, glavna atrakcijalode star — zvezda, po kateri se ravna smer (kurz), zlasti severnica; figuratively zvezda vodnicanorth star, pole star — (zvezda) severnicashooting star, falling star — zvezdni utrinekStars and Stripes, Star-Spangled Banner — zastava ZDAhis star has set — njegova zvezda je zašla, njegova slava je minilathe stars were against it figuratively usoda ni tako hotela, usoda je bila protito follow one's star figuratively zaupati svoji zvezdito see stars figuratively vse zvezde videti (od udarca itd.)I may thank my stars I was not there — lahko govorim o sreči, da nisem bil tam;2.adjectivezvezden; glaven; vodilen, odlikujoč sestar prosecution witness juridically glavna obremenilna pričaII [sta:]transitive verbokrasiti, posuti (kaj) z zvezdami; printing staviti (označiti z) zvezdico; theatre dati (komu) glavno vlogostarred with gold — okrašen z zlatimi zvezdami; intransitive verb blesteti, bleščati se; theatre igrati glavno vlogostarred by X.Y. — v glavni vlogi (igra) ɔ. Y. -
57 succeed
[sək'si:d]1) (to manage to do what one is trying to do; to achieve one's aim or purpose: He succeeded in persuading her to do it; He's happy to have succeeded in his chosen career; She tried three times to pass her driving-test, and at last succeeded; Our new teaching methods seem to be succeeding.) uspeti2) (to follow next in order, and take the place of someone or something else: He succeeded his father as manager of the firm / as king; The cold summer was succeeded by a stormy autumn; If the duke has no children, who will succeed to (= inherit) his property?) naslediti•- success- successful
- successfully
- succession
- successive
- successively
- successor
- in succession* * *[səksí:d]1.transitive verbslediti (komu, čemu), priti za (kom, čem); biti naslednik, naslediti; podedovati;2.intransitive verbslediti, priti (to za kom, čem); uspeti, posrečiti se, imeti uspeh, doseči svoj cilj (in pri čem, with pri)he succeeded in doing s.th. — posrečilo se mu je, nekaj napravitiwe did not succeed in seeing him — ni se nam posrečilo, da bi ga videlinothing succeeds like success — za enim uspehom pride drugi, uspeh rodi uspeh -
58 swarm
[swo:m] 1. noun1) (a great number (of insects or other small creatures) moving together: a swarm of ants.) roj2) ((often in plural) a great number or crowd: swarms of people.) truma2. verb1) ((of bees) to follow a queen bee in a swarm.) rojiti2) (to move in great numbers: The children swarmed out of the school.) valiti se3) (to be full of moving crowds: The Tower of London was swarming with tourists.) mrgoleti* * *I [swɔ:m]1.nounroj (čebel), jata (ptic); mrgolenje; velika množina, kup, veliko številoa swarm of bills — kup računov;2.intransitive verbrojiti; figuratively mrgoleti, gnesti se, prerivati se; biti zelo številen, obilovati; transitive verb ujeti roj čebel; obsutiII [swɔ:m]intransitive verbplezati (z rokami in nogami); transitive verb (često up) (s)plezati na (kaj) -
59 trace
[treis] 1. noun1) (a mark or sign left by something: There were traces of egg on the plate; There's still no trace of the missing child.) sled2) (a small amount: Traces of poison were found in the cup.) sled2. verb1) (to follow or discover by means of clues, evidence etc: The police have traced him to London; The source of the infection has not yet been traced.) (iz)slediti2) (to make a copy of (a picture etc) by putting transparent paper over it and drawing the outline etc: I traced the map.) prekopirati•- tracing- trace elements
- tracing-paper* * *I [tréis]nounsled; stopinja; kolesnica, kolovoz, tirnica; figuratively sled, znak, (pre)ostanek; American steza markirana pot; osnovni načrt, skica, tloris; malenkost, majhna količinato be hot on the trace of s.o. — biti komu za petami, preganjati kogaII [tréis]nounzaprežna, vlečna vrvin the traces — vprežen (tudi figuratively)III [tréis]transitive verbslediti, iti po sledi (osebe, živali), zasledovati; raziskovati, odkriti, najti, zaslediti, ugotoviti; zaznati, opaziti, najti sledove ali znake (česa); (za)beležitito trace the cause of a disease — ugotoviti vzrok bolezni; (tudi trace out) narisati, skicirati; technical (tudi trace over) prerisati (skozi papir), kopiratito trace back — iti po sledovih nazaj (to do), zasledovati nazajto trace out — poiskati, najti, odkriti; intransitive verb hoditi, iti, zaslediti sethe earliest form cannot trace back earlier than the sixth ceutury — najzgodnejša oblika se da zaslediti šele v 6. stoletju -
60 up
(to become covered (as if) with mist: The mirror misted over; The windscreen misted up.) zamegliti se* * *I [ʌp]nounvzpetost, strmina, višina; economy porast (tečajev, cen); colloquially srečen človek, srečko, povzpetnik; predstojnik; vlak (avtobus), ki vozi v mestoon the up-and-up colloquially vedno boljši; v redu, brezhibenII [ʌp]adjectiveki gre (vozi) gor; ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestu; višji; s tendenco navzgor; pokonci; vzšel (sonce); narasel (reka); živeč v notranjosti (dežele); colloquially razburjen; končan; enak(ovreden)the up coach — kočija, ki vozi navkreberup line railway proga, ki vodi proti (glavnemu) mestuthe up train — vlak, ki vozi proti (glavnemu) mestu, v Londonup and doing before day colloquially že pred dnevom na nogahalready up and about colloquially že (zopet) na nogahto be up late — dolgo čuti, bedetihe is up in this subject — v tem predmetu je on na višini, je dobro podkovanto be up with the lark figuratively zelo zgodaj vsta(ja)tito be up against a hard job colloquially stati pred težko nalogoto be (had) up for colloquially biti pozvan pred sodnika zaradito be one up sport biti za točko boljšito be up for trial — biti (stati) pred sodiščem; obravnavati sethe fire is up — ogenj plamti, plapolathe game is up — igre je konec (tudi figuratively)how are you up for cash? colloquially kako si (kaj) pri denarju?the storm is up nautical vihar besniwhat's up? colloquially kaj pa je?, kaj se je zgodilo?III [ʌp]adverb1.gor, navzgor, kvišku, v zrak; proti toku (reki, vodi); nazajup from the grounds figuratively od temeljevup with the Democrates! — živeli demokrati!hands up! — roke kvišku!this tradition can be traced up to the Reformation — ta tradicija sega nazaj (tja) do reformacije;2.bliže k, bliže proti (mestu, kjer se nahajamo); figuratively više, na višjo stopnjoup and up — više in više, vedno višecome up! — pridi bliže!speak up! — govori(te) glasneje!to move up in the world — povzpeti se, napredovati v svetu (v družbi)I think of running up North — mislim napraviti majhno turo na sever;3.v razvoju, v gibanju, v razburjenju, v uporu itd.hurry up! — pohiti!, brž!shares (prices) are up — delnice (cene) se dvigajo;4.popolnoma, čisto, do kraja; skupajto drink up — izpiti, popitithe street was up — ulica je bila popolnoma razkopana;5.zgoraj, visoko; pokonci, na nogahI live two storeys up — stanujem v 2. nadstropjuto be early up — biti zgodaj na nogah, zgodaj vstajatithe Prime Minister is up — ministrski predsednik govori, ima besedoto sit up — sedeti v postelji;6.v mestu, na univerzi, v šolito stay up for the vacation — ostati v kraju študija (v kolidžu) za počitnice;7.up to —; a) (vse) do; proti, prekto be up to date — biti sodoben (moderen, v koraku s časom)I'll give up to 1000 dinars for it — plačal bom do 1000 din za to; b) na ravni, na nivoju, ustreznoup to the door ( —ali knocker) — slang izvrstno, primaup to par figuratively "na višini"not yet up to the ropes figuratively še neuveden, ki se še ne spoznayour work is not up to your usual standard — tvoje delo ni na nivoju tistega, ki ga navadno dosežešto be up to s.th. — nameravati kaj, snovati kaj, biti dorasel čemu, ustrezati čemu, biti (komu) do česa; biti odvisen od česa; biti pripravljen na; spoznati se na kajwhat are you up to? — kaj nameravaš?it is up to you (to decide) — vaša stvar je, da odločite; od vas je odvisna odločitevto be up to a thing or two figuratively biti prebrisanto feel up to s.th. — čutiti se doraslega čemu; biti pripraven, razpoložen za, dobro znati kajto get up to s.o. — držati korak s komto be up to the mark figuratively biti na višinito be up to snuff slang biti zvit (premeten, izkušen)I am up to your little game — dobro vem, kaj spletkarišwhat has he been up to? — kakšno neumnost je spet napravil?you have been up to some trick again! — si že spet naredil kakšno budalost!it is up to you to prove it — vi morate to dokazati;8.pod vodstvom (pri študiju na univerzi)I was up to A. — A. je vodil moje študije, je bil moj mentor (tutor);9.up with, against — etcup with — na isti višini z, v isti oddaljenosti zto come up with s.o. — dohiteti kogaup with you! — vstani!, pridi gor!up into — gori v, gorup on — više (od, kot)up till — vse do;IV [ʌp]preposition (gori) na; gor, navzgor, navkreber kvišku; proti, k, do, ob, vzdolž; proti notranjostiup the hill — navkreber, po hribu navzgorup a tree figuratively v stiski, v škripcihV [ʌp]intransitive verb (nenadoma) vstati, se dvigniti; colloquially dvigniti (kvišku); American povzpeti se (to na)up and at him! — nanj!, za njim!he upped with his head — iztegnil (pomolil) je glavo ven; transitive verb colloquially dvigniti, pobrati; American povišati, povečati (cene, proizvodnjo itd.)VI [ʌp]interjectionup! — kvišku! pokonci!up (with you)! — vstani(te)!; vstati!
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follow — [ˈfɒləʊ ǁ ˈfɑːloʊ] verb 1. [intransitive, transitive] to come or happen afterwards: • The company s decision to diversify follows a sharp decline in demand for its products. • As the recession worsened, further closures followed. 2.… … Financial and business terms
Follow-on — is a term used in the sport of cricket to describe a situation where the team that bats second is forced to take its second batting innings immediately after its first, because the team was not able to get close enough (within 200 runs) to the… … Wikipedia
Follow — Fol low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Followed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Following}.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[=e]n, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. f[ o]lja, Dan. f[ o]lge, and perh. to E. folk.] 1.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
follow — [fäl′ō] vt. [ME folwen < OE folgian, akin to Ger folgen & (?) Welsh olafiad, follower] 1. to come or go after 2. to go after in order to catch; chase; pursue 3. to go along [follow the right road] 4. to come or occur after in time, in a series … English World dictionary
follow — vb 1 Follow, succeed, ensue, supervene mean to come after someone or, more often, something. Although all of these verbs occur as transitives and intransitives, ensue and supervene are more commonly intransitive verbs. Follow is the general term… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
follow-up — follow up1 adj [only before noun] done in order to find out more or do more about something →↑follow up ▪ a follow up study on children and poverty follow up 2 follow up2 n 1.) [U and C] something that is done to make sure that earlier actions… … Dictionary of contemporary English
follow — ► VERB 1) move or travel behind. 2) go after (someone) so as to observe or monitor them. 3) go along (a route or path). 4) come after in time or order. 5) be a logical consequence. 6) (also follow on from) occur as a result of … English terms dictionary
follow-up — follow ,up noun 1. ) count or uncount something that is done in order to complete something: Everyone liked my proposal, but there hasn t been any follow up. The researchers conducted a follow up study two years later. a ) something that is done… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
follow-up — n. 1. a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow up visit. Note: A follow up may be of various types. After a medical examination, a second examination (or… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
follow — fol·low vt: to be in accordance with (a prior decision): accept as authoritative see also precedent compare overrule Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
follow — (v.) O.E. folgian, fylgan follow, accompany; follow after, pursue, also obey, apply oneself to a practice or calling, from W.Gmc. *fulg (Cf. O.S. folgon, O.Fris. folgia, M.Du. volghen, Du. volgen, O.H.G. folgen, Ger. folgen, O.N. fylgja to follow … Etymology dictionary