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follow
[ fol-oh ]
verb (used with object)
- to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.:
The speech follows the dinner.
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- to go or come after; move behind in the same direction:
Drive ahead, and I'll follow you.
Antonyms:
- to accept as a guide or leader; accept the authority of or give allegiance to:
Many Germans followed Hitler.
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- to conform to, comply with, or act in accordance with; obey:
to follow orders; to follow advice.
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- to imitate or copy; use as an exemplar:
They follow the latest fads.
- to move forward along (a road, path, etc.):
Follow this road for a mile.
- to come after as a result or consequence; result from:
Reprisals often follow victory.
- to go after or along with (a person) as companion.
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- to go in pursuit of:
to follow an enemy.
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- to try for or attain to:
to follow an ideal.
- to engage in or be concerned with as a pursuit:
He followed the sea as his true calling.
- to watch the movements, progress, or course of:
to follow a bird in flight.
- to watch the development of or keep up with:
to follow the news.
- Digital Technology. to indicate interest in and establish a connection with (a social media account) so as to keep up with the online content it publishes, as posts, images, or videos:
I follow my friends and some celebrities on Twitter, but nobody who tweets political stuff.
- to keep up with and understand (an argument, story, etc.):
Do you follow me?
verb (used without object)
- to come next after something else in sequence, order of time, etc.
- to happen or occur after something else; come next as an event:
After the defeat great disorder followed.
- to attend or serve.
- to go or come after a person or thing in motion.
- to result as an effect; occur as a consequence:
It follows then that he must be innocent.
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noun
- the act of following.
- Digital Technology. an instance of following or subscribing to online content published by a social media account:
Using hashtags is one way to get more follows on Instagram.
- Billiards, Pool. follow shot ( def 2 ).
adjective
- Digital Technology. noting or relating to a feature used to follow or subscribe to specific website content: follow numbers and other digital marketing statistics.
a follow link;
follow numbers and other digital marketing statistics.
verb phrase
- to carry out fully, as a stroke of a club in golf, a racket in tennis, etc.
- to continue an effort, plan, proposal, policy, etc., to its completion.
- to pursue closely and tenaciously.
- to increase the effectiveness of by further action or repetition.
- to pursue to a solution or conclusion.
- to carry to a conclusion; execute:
They followed out their orders to the letter.
follow
/ ˈɒəʊ /
verb
- to go or come after in the same direction
he followed his friend home
- tr to accompany; attend
she followed her sister everywhere
- to come after as a logical or natural consequence
- tr to keep to the course or track of
she followed the towpath
- tr to act in accordance with; obey
to follow instructions
- tr to accept the ideas or beliefs of (a previous authority, etc)
he followed Donne in most of his teachings
- to understand (an explanation, argument, etc)
the lesson was difficult to follow
- to watch closely or continuously
she followed his progress carefully
- tr to have a keen interest in
to follow athletics
- tr to help in the cause of or accept the leadership of
the men who followed Napoleon
- tr to choose to receive messages posted by (a blogger or microblogger)
I've been following her online
- rare.tr to earn a living at or in
to follow the Navy
- follow suitcards
- to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it
- to do the same as someone else
noun
- billiards snooker
- a forward spin imparted to a cue ball causing it to roll after the object ball
- a shot made in this way
Derived Forms
- ˈڴDZǷɲ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ڴDZlǷ·· adjective
- un·ڴDZlǷ·· adjective
- ܲ·ڴDZlǷɱ adjective
- ɱ-ڴDZlǷɱ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of follow1
Word History and Origins
Origin of follow1
Idioms and Phrases
- follow suit. suit ( def 21 ).
More idioms and phrases containing follow
- as follows
- camp follower
- hard act to follow
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Among other position players, Roberts said, “I don’t know if that tax of playing an extra month is necessarily a disadvantage for the following season.”
In a landmark decision Wednesday, an international human rights commission found that the U.S. is responsible for Hernández Rojas’ killing and that a cover-up followed.
Manyatelo fell asleep in a police car following the incident and refused to provide a blood sample for testing, claiming that it was against his religion.
Scrutiny over Perry’s Blue Origin ride — which she did not directly reference in her comment — carried over to the launch of her Lifetimes tour the following week.
Meta warned Wednesday that European users could face a "materially worse" experience following a key regulatory decision by the European Commission.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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