Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for follow

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 1, Foothills · 1 sense · verb

The senseverbTier 1, FoothillsThinking and knowing

follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something

We must follow the economic development in Cuba closely.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

trace

Same sentence, swapped: We must trace the economic development in Cuba closely.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for follow as it is used in the sentence above.

succeed
accompany
consider

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Closest first: other thinking and knowing words at Foothills, then the same tier across the rest of the library.

formnoun, verbkinda category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line frameverbborderenclose in or as if in a frameFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line geniusnounwondersomeone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originalityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line ghostnountoucha suggestion of some qualityFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line considerationnounconditioninformation that should be kept in mind when making a decisionTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line controlverbmasterhave a firm understanding or knowledge ofFoothills credencenounacceptancethe mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as trueRidgelineHas a reason line fantasticadjectivewildfanciful and unrealisticFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line

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