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Top 500verb, imperfective

сле́довать

[ˈs⁽ʲ⁾lʲedəvətʲ]to follow

Frequency rank #423 About 1 in every 4,300 words in Russian film and TV. The top 500 words make up 71.0% of everything said.
следовать #423

Meaning

  1. to follow
  2. to follow, to be next
  3. to follow, to be a consequence, to ensue

Examples

Сле́дуйте за мной.

Follow me.

Ночь сле́дует за днём.

Night follows day.

Related

  • после́довать aspect partner

Forms by frequency

  • сле́дующийpresent, participle#627
  • сле́дуетsingular, 3rd person, present#733
  • сле́довалоneuter, singular, past#1,956
  • сле́доватьinfinitive#3,501
  • сле́дуйтеimperative, plural, 2nd person#6,033
  • сле́дуйimperative, singular, 2nd person#7,939
  • сле́довалmasculine, singular, past#13,140
  • сле́дуюsingular, 1st person, present#15,797
  • сле́дуютplural, 3rd person, present#18,885
  • сле́дуяpresent, gerund#18,907
  • сле́дуемplural, 1st person, present#21,997
  • сле́довалиplural, past#24,325
  • сле́довалаfeminine, singular, past#24,845
  • сле́дуешьsingular, 2nd person, present#33,921

and 4 more forms

Words near #423

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