Követésben

Követésben is the inessive form of the Hungarian noun követés, which means the act of following, pursuit, or surveillance. The base verb is követni, “to follow” or “to pursue.” In Hungarian, the suffix -ben marks the inessive case, together translating roughly as “in following” or “in pursuit.” Thus követésben describes a state or ongoing activity rather than a completed action and is used to indicate that someone or something is currently engaged in following, tracking, or observing.

The term appears in narrative, formal, and technical contexts, including law enforcement, research, and security discourse, as well as in descriptions of chase or monitoring scenarios. It conveys immediacy of the pursuit or observation and can be used with various predicates to denote ongoing processes, such as “a nyomozás követésben van” (the pursuit is ongoing) or “a megfigyelés követésben zajlik” (the monitoring is underway).

Semantically, követésben covers both literal following (physical pursuit) and metaphorical following (tracking an example, a tradition, or a procedure). In everyday speech, speakers may opt for more common constructions depending on nuance, or replace it with related terms like megfigyelés (observation) or nyomkövetés (tracking) when appropriate.

Related forms include követés (the act of following) and követő (follower). Követésben is primarily a grammatical tool to express ongoing pursuit or observation within a sentence. See also: követés, nyomkövetés, megfigyelés.