Etymology : Middle English folwen, from Old English folgian; akin to Old High German folgEn to follow
Pronunciation : fä-(")lO
Function : verb
Date : before 12th century
1. go after; pursue; go along; drive along; obey; result from; engage in; understand. follow\fol"low\ , n. the art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. also used adjectively; as, follow shot.follow \fol"low\ , v. t. [imp. & p. p. followed ; p. pr. & vb. n. following.][oe. foluwen, folwen, folgen, as. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to d. volgen, ohg. folg n, g. folgen, icel. fylgja, sw. f?lja, dan. f?lge, and perh. to e. folk.].
2. to go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. it waves me forth again; i'll follow it.
3. to endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. i will harden the hearts of the egyptians, and they shall follow them. xiv.
4. 3. to accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. approve the best, and follow what i approve. follow peace with all men. xii.
5. it is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. edwards.
6. to copy after; to take as an example. we had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love.
7. to succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
8. to result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
9. to watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. he followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
10. to walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. o, had i but followed the arts! o antony! i have followed thee to this.follow board (founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask.
11. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with ; to accompany; to attend.
12. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
13. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.
14. To copy after; to take as an example.
15. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
16. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
17. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument.
18. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
19. To go or come after; used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.
20. The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
21. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot. behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" to bring something about at a later time than; "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period".
22. 1. If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them because you want to go to the same place. We followed him up the steps into a large hall Please follow me, madam They took him into a small room and I followed.
23. If you follow someone who is going somewhere, you move along behind them without their knowledge, in order to catch them or find out where they are going. She realized that the Mercedes was following her I think we're being followed. = trail.
24. If you follow someone to a place where they have recently gone and where they are now, you go to join them there. He followed Janice to New York, where she was preparing an exhibition.
25. An event, activity, or period of time that follows a particular thing happens or comes after that thing, at a later time. the rioting and looting that followed the verdict Other problems may follow Eyewitnesses spoke of a noise followed by a huge red light.
26. If you follow one thing with another, you do or say the second thing after you have done or said the first thing. Her first major role was in Martin Scorsese's `Goodfellas' and she followed this with a part in Spike Lee's `Jungle Fever'. Follow up means the same as follow. The book proved such a success that the authors followed it up with `The Messianic Legacy'.
27. If it follows that a particular thing is the case, that thing is a logical result of something else being true or being the case. Just because a bird does not breed one year, it does not follow that it will fail the next If the explanation is right, two things follow It is easy to see:
the conclusions described in the text follow from this equation.
28. If you refer to the words that follow or followed, you are referring to the words that come next or came next in a piece of writing or speech. What follows is an eye-witness account There followed a list of places where Hans intended to visit General analysis is followed by five case studies.
29. If you follow a path, route, or set of signs, you go somewhere using the path, route, or signs to direct you. If they followed the road, they would be certain to reach a village I followed the signs to Metrocity.
30. If something such as a path or river follows a particular route or line, it goes along that route or line. Our route follows the Pacific coast through densely populated neighbourhoods.
31. If you follow something with your eyes, or if your eyes follow it, you watch it as it moves or you look along its route or course. Ann's eyes followed a police car as it drove slowly past.
32. Something that follows a particular course of development happens or develops in that way. His release turned out to follow the pattern set by that of the other six hostages.
33. If you follow advice, an instruction, or a recipe, you act or do something in the way that it indicates. Take care to follow the instructions carefully.
34. If you follow what someone else has done, you do it too because you think it is a good thing or because you want to copy them. His admiration for the athlete did not extend to the point where he would follow his example in taking drugs Where eastern Germany goes the rest will surely follow.
35. If you follow someone in what you do, you do the same thing or job as they did previously. He followed his father and became a surgeon Anni-Frid's son has followed her into the music business.
36. If you are able to follow something such as an explanation or the story of a film, you understand it as it continues and develops. Can you follow the plot so far? I'm afraid I don't follow. = understand.
37. If you follow something, you take an interest in it and keep informed about what happens. the millions of people who follow football because they genuinely love it She was following Laura's progress closely.
38. If you follow a particular religion or political belief, you have that religion or belief. `Do you follow any particular religion?' --- `Yes, we're all Hindus.' see also:
following.
39. You use as follows in writing or speech to introduce something such as a list, description, or explanation. The winners are as follows: E. Walker; R. Foster; R. Gates; A. Mackintosh This can be done if you proceed as follows.
40. You use followed by to say what comes after something else in a list or ordered set of things. Potatoes are still the most popular food, followed by white bread.
41. After mentioning one course of a meal, you can mention the next course by saying what you will have to follow or what there will be to follow. He decided on roast chicken and vegetables, with apple pie to follow.
42. to follow in someone's footsteps: see:
footstep to follow your nose: see nose to follow suit: see suit.
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