as follows

Idioms and Phrases

What comes next, usually in the form of a list. For example, Mary planned her day as follows: returning all phone calls; a department meeting; lunch with her colleagues; library research . This term is always put in the singular (“follows”) even though it applies to numerous items and is frequently followed by a colon. It was first recorded in 1548.

Example Sentences

The World Series schedule will be as follows:

From Los Angeles Times

Dates were announced on Monday for the band to play in Canada, Mexico and the US, as follows:

From BBC

According to the ALA, the top 10 most challenged books of 2023 are as follows:

From Salon

On Tuesday evening, Mr Blondel opened the paper – which read as follows:

From BBC

The fading-down process works as follows: Specific antibodies coupled to a cytotoxic drug recognize all blood cells in the patient's body based on a surface structure.

From Science Daily

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