Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
Verb
S: (v) watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on (follow with the eyes or the mind) "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
S: (v) trace, follow (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something) "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"; "trace one's ancestry"
S: (v) analyze, analyse, study, examine, canvass (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning) "analyze a sonnet by Shakespeare"; "analyze the evidence in a criminal trial"; "analyze your real motives"
S: (v) anatomize (analyze down to the smallest detail) "This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior"
S: (v) diagnose, name (determine or distinguish the nature of a problem or an illness through a diagnostic analysis)
S: (v) survey, appraise (consider in a comprehensive way) "He appraised the situation carefully before acting"
S: (v) survey (make a survey of; for statistical purposes)
S: (v) compare (examine and note the similarities or differences of) "John compared his haircut to his friend's"; "We compared notes after we had both seen the movie"
S: (v) screen (examine methodically) "screen the suitcases"
S: (v) trace, follow (follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something) "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"; "trace one's ancestry"