(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
Used in a Sentence
followed
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for followed.
Editorial note
(Just the amputation is going to be between £8,000 and £16,000), followed by considerable physiotherapy and prosthetic legs.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech1
Quick take
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of followed gathered in one view.
(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for followed.
verb
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
verb
(ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
verb
(transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
verb
(transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
Example sentences
(Just the amputation is going to be between £8,000 and £16,000), followed by considerable physiotherapy and prosthetic legs.
However, Ireland together with the UK has the highest energy prices excluding taxes, closely followed by Cyprus and Spain.
Notable tidbits (most of which were already public record if you followed the story very closely) include: + Mt.
One last party (perhaps with a bit of morphine), followed by drifting to an infinite sleep...
The claim that a variable's lifecycle is followed from beginning to end is interesting.
OK, I've followed your process, and now I'll attempt to use it to factor some of my usual examples.
We managed to prise him away for a while — here’s what followed.
Coincidentally Elvis Costello took the inverse path: working as a data entry clerk he decided he wouldn't take it and followed a career in rock.
The Khmer Rouge followed Das Kapital in name only.
Well, come to think of it, the majority of visitors who followed this HN link is never going to navigate past the single page that was linked.
I've followed a lot of the articles around the Nicaraguan canal to try to get some sense of how it will affect Panama.
The biggest recently is Syria, followed by Eritrea (2014).
Quote examples
Oh, I see, it's because I followed the parent in using the abbreviation "SJW".
"Well I say you are the messiah, and I should know, I've followed a few."
At least in my experience, when someone points "the earth will be fine", it's typically followed with a simple example of some natural phenomena that exerts more one-time ecological stress than a given societal issue and then they're done.
At the meta-level, downvoted humor is invariably followed by "why all the downvotes, lighten up" driving any hope of anyone learning anything about anything other than the way HN tends to work further into the weeds with a pitcher of hurt feelings.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use followed in a sentence?
(Just the amputation is going to be between £8,000 and £16,000), followed by considerable physiotherapy and prosthetic legs.
What does followed mean?
(ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
What part of speech is followed?
followed is commonly used as verb.