follow

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Etymology [edit]

Middle English folwen, folgen from Old English folġian, fylgan 'to follow, pursue', from Proto-Germanic *fulgijaną. Compare West Frisian folgje, Dutch volgen, German folgen. More at folk.

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Verb [edit]

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

  1. (transitive) To go or come after in physical space.
    Follow that car!
  2. (transitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
    B follows A in the alphabet.
  3. (transitive) To carry out in accordance to (orders, instructions, etc).
    Follow these instructions to the letter.
  4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
  5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
    Do you follow me?
  6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
    I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
  7. (transitive) To be a logical consequence of.
    It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.

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Translations [edit]

to go or come after in physical space
to go or come after in a sequence
to carry out in accordance to
to live one’s life according to
to understand
to keep track of
to be a logical consequence of

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