follow
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English folwen, folgen from Old English folgian (“‘to follow’”)
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to follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)
- (transitive) To go or come after in physical space.
- Follow that car!
- (transitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
- B follows A in the alphabet.
- (transitive) To carry out in accordance to (orders, instructions, etc).
- Follow these instructions to the letter.
- (transitive) To live one's live according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- Do you follow me?
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
- (transitive) To be a logical consequence of.
- It follows that no real number may have a negative square.
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- chase v
[edit] Translations
to go or come after in physical space
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to go or come after in a sequence
to carry out in accordance to
to live one’s life according to
to understand
to be a logical consequence of
