seurata

seura +‎ -ta

• (to follow, come next, ensue): Semantic loan from Swedish följa, itself from German folgen, itself from Latin sequor, cōnsequor (compare also English follow (“accompany; come next, ensue”)).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈseu̯rɑtɑˣ/, [ˈs̠e̞u̯rɑ̝t̪ɑ̝(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -eurɑtɑ
• Hyphenation^(key): seu‧ra‧ta

seurata (often atelic)

1. (transitive) to follow, accompany (to go or come after in physical space)

   Seuratkaa minua.

   Follow me.

2. (transitive) to keep track, monitor

   Olkaa hyvä ja ilmoittautukaa, jotta voimme seurata, keitä täällä on.

   Please sign in so that we can keep track of who is here.

3. (transitive) to follow, carry out according to

   Synonym: noudattaa

4. (transitive) to follow, obey (live one's life according to religion, teachings, etc)
5. (intransitive) to follow, to come next or after, succeed (in a sequence)
6. (intransitive) to follow, to ensue (be a consequence of) [with elative ‘from’]
7. (transitive) to follow, pay attention to
8. (transitive, programming) to dereference (a pointer or reference)

• seurue
• seurustella
• seurustelu

• “seurata”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

• seuraat