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volgen — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • attend verb To be present at an event, class, or place.
  • follow verb To move behind someone or something, going in the same direction.
  • monitoring noun The ongoing act of watching, checking, or tracking something to catch changes or problems.
  • observe verb To watch someone or something carefully.
  • pursue verb To follow someone or something in order to catch them.

Senses

volgen is used for these senses in English:

  • attend (transitive) To be present at (an event or place) in order to take part in some action or proceedings; also, to regularly go to (an event or place). [from 17th c.]
  • monitoring The carrying out of surveillance on, or continuous or regular observation of, an environment or people in order to detect signals, movements or changes of state or quality.
  • observe (transitive) To take note of and celebrate (a holiday or similar occurrence), to keep; to follow (a type of time or calendar reckoning).
  • pursue (transitive) To follow, travel down (a particular way, course of action etc.). [from late 14th c.]
  • tag along (idiomatic) To accompany, join, or follow; to go with.

attend — full definition

  1. verb To be present at an event, class, or place.
  2. verb To take care of or deal with someone or something.
  3. verb To pay attention to or listen carefully to something.

follow — full definition

  1. verb To move behind someone or something, going in the same direction.
  2. verb To act in accordance with instructions, rules, or a particular path or belief.
  3. verb To understand or keep track of something as it happens.
  4. verb To subscribe to updates from a person or account on social media.
  5. verb To be a logical or natural result of something.

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