how to pronounce следовать

/ˈsʲlʲedəvətʲ/

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следовать is pronounced in three syllables

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sʲ

lʲ

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tʲ

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An example use of следовать in a speech by a native speaker of standard russian:

“… кто будет следовать за новую технологию …”

meanings of следовать

verb:

To follow, to be next.
To be bound to (a port).
To follow, to be a consequence.
To follow, to go after.
To follow, to take after.
To should, to ought to (the agent who/which should/ought to do something is in the dative case).
To follow, to do accordingly.

следовать frequency in russian - B2 level of CEFR

the word следовать occurs in russian on average 20.9 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.