Escort and Following

Escort

Escort noun - One that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy.

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Following and escort are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Following" instead a noun "Escort".

Nearby Words: escorted, escorting

Following noun - A body of employees or servants who accompany and wait on a person.

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Escort and following are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Escort" instead the word "Following" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

female	female escort	female following
high	high escort	high following
small	small escort	small following
actual	actual escort	actual following
Other adjectives: entire, massive, main, smaller.

The following mission, where Air Force One crash lands and you have to escort the President to an extraction point, is even worse.

Source: Escort Mission
Escort Mission: Somewhat inverted, as the engine is only built to support other ships following the player, not the other way around.

Source: Video Game / Escape Velocity
In Perfect Dark there's Doctor Carroll who you must escort; he gets stuck on walls and odd places when following you, and can die easily.

Source: The Load / Video Games

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