an ardent follower of the sport
a true follower of Islam
She still has many loyal followers.
He led a small band of followers to form their own community.
He was not powerful enough to command respect among his followers.
followers of Christ
• They returned to the business last fall with three laptop computers, but those machines were market followers.
• It will take this competitor, a traditional follower behind the major brands, some time to come up with anything as good.
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Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers.
»Our analysis supports the view of Germany as a fast follower of e-commerce technologies.
»an industry/a market follower
We have long been followers of the mining finance company whose shares have recently soared to 61p.
close/keen followers »If you are one of the many investors who has bought shares in the company, no doubt you've become a keen follower of the copper price.
the followers of this doctrine - последователи этого учения
1. см. follow II + -er
2. последователь; приверженец; сторонник; ученик
the ~s of this doctrine - последователи этого учения
3. пренебр. ухажёр, хахаль
4. тех. ведомое звено (механизма)
5. тех. следящее устройство
6. спец. повторитель
7. тех. подвижной люнет (станка)
2) следящий механизм
3) толкатель
4) упор
5) нажимная плита [пиан] печатного станка
6) вчт. повторитель
- graph follower
- press speed follower