[
US
/ˈfɑɫoʊ/
]
[ UK /fˈɒləʊ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɒləʊ/ ]
VERB
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to travel behind, go after, come after
The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
Please follow the guide through the museum -
follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
trace the student's progress
We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
trace one's ancestry -
behave in accordance or in agreement with
Follow my example
Follow a pattern -
act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
abide by the rules
He complied with my instructions
Follow these simple rules
You must comply or else! -
work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
She is our resident philosopher
He is a herpetologist -
keep informed
He kept up on his country's foreign policies -
choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
The candidate espouses Republican ideals
She followed the feminist movement -
be later in time
Tuesday always follows Monday -
come as a logical consequence; follow logically
the theorem falls out nicely
It follows that your assertion is false -
come after in time, as a result
A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake -
accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
She followed a guru for years
Let's follow our great helmsman! -
imitate in behavior; take as a model
Teenagers follow their friends in everything -
follow with the eyes or the mind
She followed the men with the binoculars
The world is watching Sarajevo
Keep an eye on the baby, please! -
keep to
Stick to your principles
stick to the diet -
to be the product or result
Melons come from a vine
Understanding comes from experience -
keep under surveillance
The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing -
be the successor (of)
Will Charles succeed to the throne?
Carter followed Ford -
be next
Mary plays best, with John and Sue following -
adhere to or practice
These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion -
travel along a certain course
follow the road
follow the trail -
grasp the meaning
When he lectures, I cannot follow
Can you follow her argument? -
to bring something about at a later time than
He followed his lecture with a question and answer period
She followed dinner with a brandy -
follow in or as if in pursuit
The police car pursued the suspected attacker
Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life -
perform an accompaniment to
The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
How To Use follow In A Sentence
- Their dried dung is found everywhere, and is in many places the only fuel afforded by the plains; their skulls, which last longer than any other part of the animal, are among the most familiar of objects to the plainsman; their bones are in many districts so plentiful that it has become a regular industry, followed by hundreds of men (christened "bone hunters" by the frontiersmen), to go out with wagons and collect them in great numbers for the sake of the phosphates they yield; and Bad Lands, plateaus, and prairies alike, are cut up in all directions by the deep ruts which were formerly buffalo trails. VIII. The Lordly Buffalo
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- Think roast partridge with wild mushrooms followed by a little pot of chocolate rosemary.
- A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
- Next follows the cella, and beyond that, the adytum; there are a few sculptures on the walls of the adytum; on those of the pronaos Travels in Nubia
- Since the extra energy being transferred from one molecule to the next changes the way each absorbs and emits light, the flow of energy can be followed through optical spectroscopy, resolved on a femtosecond timescale.
- Marriage followed alongside a comfortable life on the cosy road to middle-class success.
- Anybody who has tried to follow a rigorous diet will know how easy it is to lapse back into bad habits. Times, Sunday Times
- Golub was an odd man out, one of those who kept alive certain ambitions scuttled by the artists who followed Abstract Expressionism.