follow
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[edit] Etymology
Middle English folwen, folgen from Old English folġian, fylgan 'to follow, pursue', from Proto-Germanic *fulʒēnan (compare West Frisian folgje, Dutch volgen, German folgen), from *fulkan 'folk'. More at folk.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Verb
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 life 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 if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.
[edit] Synonyms
- (go after in a physical space): trail, tail
- (in a sequence): succeed
- (carry out): pursue
- (be a consequence): ensue
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Derived terms
[edit] See also
- 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
[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: trees · filled · visit · #638: follow · chance · happened · broken
