mindmap root((随后)) follow may apply to a coming after in time, position, understanding, or logical sequence: speeches ~ed the dinner. succeed implies a coming after immediately in a sequence determined by some rational cause or rule, such as natural order, inheritance, election, or laws of rank: she ~ed her father as head of the business. ensue commonly suggests a logical consequence and a naturally expected development: after the lecture, a general discussion ~d. supervene suggests the following by something added or conjoined and often unforeseen or unpredictable: events ~d that brought tragedy into his life.