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Follow

//ˈfɒl.əʊ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. attributive, sometimes

    "a follow shot"

  2. 2
    The act of following another user's online activity.

    "It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter."

Verb
  1. 1
    To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. ambitransitive

    "Follow that car!"

  2. 2
    keep informed wordnet
  3. 3
    To go or come after in a sequence. ambitransitive

    "B follows A in the alphabet."

  4. 4
    behave in accordance or in agreement with wordnet
  5. 5
    To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). transitive

    "Follow these instructions to the letter."

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  1. 6
    keep to wordnet
  2. 7
    To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc). transitive
  3. 8
    grasp the meaning wordnet
  4. 9
    To understand, to pay attention to. transitive

    "Do you follow me?"

  5. 10
    follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something wordnet
  6. 11
    To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. transitive

    "I followed the incumbent throughout the election."

  7. 12
    perform an accompaniment to wordnet
  8. 13
    To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. transitive

    "If you want to see more of our articles, follow us on Twitter."

  9. 14
    imitate in behavior; take as a model wordnet
  10. 15
    To be a logical consequence of something. ambitransitive

    "It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other."

  11. 16
    travel along a certain course wordnet
  12. 17
    To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. transitive

    "O had I but followed the Arts."

  13. 18
    to travel behind, go after, come after wordnet
  14. 19
    follow in or as if in pursuit wordnet
  15. 20
    keep under surveillance wordnet
  16. 21
    choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans wordnet
  17. 22
    to subscribe to someone's updates on social media wordnet
  18. 23
    to be subscribed to updates from another user on social media wordnet
  19. 24
    be the successor (of) wordnet
  20. 25
    work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function wordnet
  21. 26
    follow with the eyes or the mind wordnet
  22. 27
    act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes wordnet
  23. 28
    adhere to or practice wordnet
  24. 29
    accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of wordnet
  25. 30
    to be the product or result wordnet
  26. 31
    be later in time wordnet
  27. 32
    come as a logical consequence; follow logically wordnet
  28. 33
    come after in time, as a result wordnet
  29. 34
    be next wordnet
  30. 35
    to bring something about at a later time than wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).

Etymology 2

From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).

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