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follows

/ˈfɒləʊ/

US pronunciation

American sound/ˈfɒləʊ/

follows

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 1st syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Clear final sound

fol - lows -> follows

Myanmar meaning

(v[sg]) နောက်လိုက်

Full entry

follow /'fɒlǝƱ / v

၁။ ~ sth (by/with sth) လိုက်သည်။ Her dog follows her everywhere. ❍ I think we're being followed. ❍ You go first and I'll follow (on) later. ❍ Monday follows Sunday. ❍ One misfortune followed another. ❍ The lightning was quickly followed by heavy thunder. ❍ You should follow your treatment with plenty of rest in bed. ❍ There followed a brief lull in the conversation.
၂။ (က) လိုက်သည်။ Follow this road until you get to the church, then turn left. (ခ) (အတိုင်း) လိုက်သည်။ The lane follows the edge of a wood for about a mile.
၃။ (က) လိုက်နာသည်။ လိုက်သည်။ follow the instructions ❍ follow sb's advice ❍ I don't want you to follow my example and rush into marriage. (ခ) လိုက်သည်။ လိုက်နာသည်။ လက်ခံသည်။ follow the latest fashions ❍ follow the teachings of Muhammad.
၄။ လိုက်စားသည်။ လုပ်သည်။ follow a legal career.
၅။ သဘောပေါက်သည်။ နားလည်သည်။ Sorry, I don't follow (you). ❍ I couldn't follow his argument at all. ❍ The plot is almost impossible to follow.
၆။ နားစိုက်ထောင်သည်။ The children sat enthralled, following every word intently.
၇။ စိုက်လိုက်မတ်တတ်၊ မလွတ်တမ်း (ကြည့်သည်၊ နားထောင်သည်)။ Have you been following the basketball tournament? ❍ Millions of fans follow TV soap operas.
၈။ လိုက်ဖတ်သည်။ လိုက်ဆိုသည်။ Follow the passage in your books while I read it to you.
၉။ (ဖြစ်စဉ်တို့ကို) ခြေရာခံသည်။ The novel follows the fortunes of a village community in Scotland.
၁၀။ (က) ~ (on/from sth) ; ~ (on from sth) စဉ်တိုက်ဖြစ်ပွားသည်။ လိုက်သည်။ Inevitably, an argument followed. ❍ Disease often follows (on from) starvation because the body is weakened. (ခ) ~ (from sth) (not usu in the continuous tenses; often with it and a that clause) အကျိုးသင့် အကြောင်းသင့်ဖြစ်သည်။ အလားတူပင်ဖြစ်သည်။ I don't see how that follows (from what you've said). မင်းပြောတာနဲ့ ဒါကို ငါ ဆက်စပ် ကြည့်လို့ မရဘူး။ ❍ If a = b and b = c it follows that a = c. ❍ She's not in the office but it doesn't necessarily follow that she's ill. သူရုံးမှာမရှိတာနဲ့ ဖျားနေတယ်လို့ ကောက်ချက်ချလို့မဖြစ်ဘူး။
၁၁။ …အတိုင်း လိုက်သည်။ The day followed the usual pattern.
❏ as follows [IDM ] (စဉ်ထားသောအချက်များကို မဖော်ပြမီ) အောက်ပါအတိုင်း။ The main events were as follows: first, the president's speech, then the secretary's reply, and finally the chairman's summing-up.
❏ follow the crowd [IDM ] အများနည်းတူ လိုက်လုပ်သည်။ Not wanting to make my controversial views known yet,I preferred to follow the crowd for a while.
❏ follower n နောက်လိုက်။ တပည့်။ the followers of Mahatma Gandhi ❍ He's a follower, not a leader. See also CAMP-FOLLOWER
❏ follow in sb's footsteps [IDM ] ခြေရာနင်းသည်။ She works in theatre, following in her father's footsteps.
❏ follow one's (own) nose [IDM ]
၁။ တည့်တည့် သွားသည်။ The garage is a mile ahead up the hill— just follow your nose.
၂။ ပုံတော်သလိုလုပ်သည်။ မီးစဉ်ကြည့်က သည်။ Since you don't know the language I can only suggest that you follow your nose.
❏ follow suit [IDM ] လိုက်လုပ်သည်။ One of the major banks has lowered its interest rates and the others are now expected to follow suit.
❏ follow through [PHRV ] (in tennis, golf, etc) ဘောလုံးထိပြီးနောက် အရှိန်မပျက် လက်ဆက်လိုက်ပေးသည်။
❏ follow-through n (in tennis, golf, etc) ဘောလုံး ရိုက်ပြီးနောက် အရှိန်မပျက် လက်ဆက်လိုက်ပေးခြင်း။
❏ follow sth through [PHRV ] ဆုံးခန်းတိုင်အောင် လုပ် သည်။ ငုပ်မိသဲတိုင်လုပ်သည်။ Starting projects is one thing—following them through is another.
❏ follow-up n (pl -ups ) နောက်ဆက်တွဲ။ The book is a follow-up to her successful television series.
❏ follow sth up [PHRV ]
၁။ ဆက်လက် အရေးယူ ဆောင်ရွက်သည်။ လိုက်သည်။ You should follow up your phone call with a letter.
၂။ လိုက်သည်။ follow up a lead/ clue / rumour.
❏ to follow [IDM ] နောက်ထပ် (ဟင်းအမည်) လိုက်မည်။ Soup, and then steak to follow, please.

More examples

Ralph set off down the hill, and I followed.
[follow someone up/down/to/through/into etc] : Jim opened the door and followed me down the corridor.
I felt sure that someone was following me.
I think we’re being followed.
The six o’clock news follows shortly.
[the days/weeks/years etc that followed] : In the weeks that followed the situation was very tense.
[be followed by something] : The wedding will be followed by a reception.
We had soup followed by roast lamb with spring vegetables.
[to follow] : There’s apple pie and cream to follow.
[there follows something] : There followed seven months of hard negotiations.
Wild celebrations followed the announcement.
They were warned that if the rebels did not surrender, severe reprisals would follow.
She followed the success of her first book with another remarkable novel.
His eyes followed the car to the end of the drive.
He followed every word of the trial.
You must follow a few simple guidelines.
[follow someone’s advice/suggestion] : She refused to follow our advice.
[follow directions/instructions/orders/rules] : The manufacturer’s instructions should always be followed carefully.
We followed Joe’s directions and found the house easily.
Follow the signs for Lancaster.
Follow the road down the hill into the village.
The road follows the old stream bed.
My father’s followed the same football team for 40 years.
Have you been following the election campaign?

Synonyms

go after, go behind, pursue, chase, trail, track, tag on, tag along, hunt, abide by, accept, accompany, accord, adhere to, admire, adopt, appreciate, apprehend, arise, attend, be consistent with, be devoted to, be guided by, be in keeping, be interested in, be keen on, be subsequent to, bring up the rear, catch, catch on, catenate, chart, check on, come after, come from, come next, come out of, come with, comply, comprehend, concatenate, conform, convoy, copy, cotton on, cultivate, develop, dig, displace, do like, dog, dog the footsteps of, draggle, emulate, enjoy, ensue, escort, fathom, follow suit, freeze, get, get the gist, get the idea, get the picture, give allegiance to, give chase, go along, go along with, go by, go next, go with, grasp, harmonize, heed, hold fast, hound, imitate, keep, keep abreast of, keep an eye on, keep on, keep to, keep up with, live up to, match, mimic, mind, mirror, model on, monitor, note, obey, observe, onto, pattern oneself upon, persecute, postdate, proceed from, pursue physically, put a tail on, realize, reflect, regard, replace, respect, result, run after, run down, schlepp along, search, see, seek, serve, shadow, shag, spook, spring from, stalk, stay on, stick to, string along, succeed, supersede, supervene, supplant, support, survey, tag, tag after, tail, tailgate, take after, take as an example, take in, take out after, twig, understand, watch

Antonyms

avoid, be original, break, clash, deny, differ, disagree, disobey, disregard, fight, go before, ignore, lead, leave alone, let go, lose, misunderstand, neglect, not get, oppose, overlook, pass over, precede, refuse, reject, release, run away, scorn, shun, slight

Cross references

go after go behind pursue chase trail track tag on tag along hunt abide by accept accompany accord adhere to admire adopt appreciate apprehend arise attend be consistent with be devoted to be guided by be in keeping be interested in be keen on be subsequent to bring up the rear

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