follow
Language: English
Part of speech: verb
Pronunciation: ipa: /ˈfɒləʊ/
ipa: /ˈfɑloʊ/
rhymes: -ɒləʊ
Forms: form: follows
form: following
form: followed
form: followed
form: no-table-tags
form: glossary
form: follow
form: follow
form: followed
form: follow
form: followest
form: followed
form: followedst
form: follows
form: followeth
form: followed
form: follow
form: followed
form: follow
form: followed
form: follow
form: -
form: following
form: followed
Etymology: From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).
Senses: examples: text: Follow that car!
text: She left the room and I followed.
text: Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.
Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!
Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman.
ref: 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
synonyms: trail
tail
antonyms: guide
lead
glosses: To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
examples: text: B follows A in the alphabet.
text: We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
text: Where a pon thys for sayd men dyd sett yᵉ prysse under yᵉ maner as here after follyzth: & Thomas Borrage yᵗ was tuthyng man at yᵉ tyme for iak Tymwell dyd gether yˢ mony yᵗ follyth & brosth hyt to yˢ for said men by causse yᵗ they schuld se every man content after their conssyens
ref: 1532 June 23, Sir Christopher Trychay, quoting Will[ia]m Scely, The cownte of Willm Scely beyng Wardyng of yᵉ almys, Morebath; republished in R. Erskine Binney, B.A., compiler, The Accounts of the Wardens of the Parish of Morebath, Devon, 1520-1573, Exeter: James G. Commin, 1904, page 39:
english: Consequently, these aforesaid men set the prices in the manner that hereafter follows, and Thomas Borrage, who was tithingman at the time for Jack Tymwell, gathered this much that follows and brought it to these aforesaid men so they could have everyone content according to their conscience.
translation: Consequently, these aforesaid men set the prices in the manner that hereafter follows, and Thomas Borrage, who was tithingman at the time for Jack Tymwell, gathered this much that follows and brought it to these aforesaid men so they could have everyone content according to their conscience.
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synonyms: word: succeed
word: come after
word: ensue
word: follow
word: follow on
word: succeed
antonyms: word: precede
word: succeed
glosses: To go or come after in a sequence.
examples: text: Follow these instructions to the letter.
text: The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
ref: 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
synonyms: pursue
glosses: To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
glosses: To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
examples: text: Do you follow me?
glosses: To understand, to pay attention to.
examples: text: I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
text: My friends don't regularly follow the news.
glosses: To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
examples: text: If you want to see more of our articles, follow us on Twitter.
antonyms: unfollow
qualifier: social media
glosses: To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
examples: text: It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.
text: If you don't practise proper hygiene, illness is sure to follow.
synonyms: ensue
glosses: To be a logical consequence of something.
examples: text: O had I but followed the Arts.
ref: c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 256, column 2:
glosses: To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
Derived terms: BYF
DNF
easy-to-follow
followable
follow along
follow a wheel
follow board
followee
follower
follow-home
following
follow-me-lad
follow my leader
follow-on
follow one's bliss
follow one's heart
follow one's nose
follow someone to the ends of the earth
follow someone to the ends of the world
follow that
follow the bee
follow the crowd
follow the hounds
follow the lady
follow the money
follow the sun
follow the wind
follow-through
follow to the grave
follow-up
follow up on
follow-worthy
unfollow
Related terms: word: follow along
word: followed by
word: follow in someone's footsteps
word: follow on
word: follow out
word: follow shot
word: follow someone off a cliff
word: follow suit
word: follow the leader
word: follow-the-leader
word: follow the queen
word: follow through
word: follow up
word: hard act to follow
word: soon to follow
word: tough act to follow
word: chase