Verb | 1. | follow - to travel behind, go after, come after; "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum" |
2. | follow - be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday" Synonyms: postdate | |
3. | follow - come as a logical consequence; follow logically; "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely" Synonyms: fall out | |
4. | follow - travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail" Synonyms: travel along | |
5. | follow - act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes; "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else!"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules" | |
6. | follow - come after in time, as a result; "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake" Synonyms: come after | |
7. | follow - behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example" Synonyms: conform to | |
8. | follow - be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following" | |
9. | follow - choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals" | |
10. | follow - 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" | |
11. | follow - imitate in behavior; take as a model; "Teenagers follow their friends in everything" Synonyms: take after | |
12. | follow - follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something; "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba" ; "trace the student's progress" Synonyms: trace | |
13. | follow - follow with the eyes or the mind; "Keep an eye on the baby, please!"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars" | |
14. | follow - be the successor (of); "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne?" Synonyms: come after, succeed | |
15. | follow - perform an accompaniment to; "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano" Synonyms: play along, accompany | |
16. | follow - keep informed; "He kept up on his country's foreign policies" Synonyms: keep abreast, keep up | |
17. | follow - to be the product or result; "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience" Synonyms: come | |
18. | follow - accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of; "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years" | |
19. | follow - adhere to or practice; "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion" | |
20. | follow - work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" Synonyms: be | |
21. | follow - keep under surveillance; "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing" | |
22. | follow - 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" Synonyms: pursue | |
23. | follow - grasp the meaning; "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow" | |
24. | follow - keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet" Synonyms: stick with, stick to |