follow
/ˈfɑloʊ/ verb A2- To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching. · Follow that car!· She left the room and I followed.
- To go or come after in a sequence. · B follows A in the alphabet.· We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
- To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.). · Follow these instructions to the letter.
- To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- To understand, to pay attention to. · Do you follow me?
- To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person. · I followed the incumbent throughout the election.· My friends don't regularly follow the news.
- To be a supporter of (a sports team).
- To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform. · If you want to see more of our articles, follow us on Twitter.
Plural follow · He/she/it follows · Past followed · Past participle followed · -ing form following
Verb forms
- Base form
- follow
- He/she/it
- follows
- Past
- followed
- Past participle
- followed
- -ing form
- following
Phrasal verbs and expressions
From the library
And follow round the forest track
“Come, there’s no use in crying like that!” said Alice to herself, rather sharply; “I advise you to leave off this minute!” She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and sometimes she scolded herself so severely as to bring tears into her eyes; and once she remembered trying to box her own ears for having cheated herself in a game of croquet she was playing against herself, for this curious child was very fond of pretending to be two people.
And oh, my poor hands, how is it I can’t see you?” She was moving them about as she spoke, but no result seemed to follow, except a little shaking among the distant green leaves.
While she was trying to fix on one, the cook took the cauldron of soup off the fire, and at once set to work throwing everything within her reach at the Duchess and the baby—the fire-irons came first; then followed a shower of saucepans, plates, and dishes.
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