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Meaning of "follow" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FOLLOW

Old English folgian; related to Old Frisian folgia, Old Saxon folgōn, Old High German folgēn.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FOLLOW

follow  [ˈfɒləʊ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FOLLOW

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Follow is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb follow in English.

WHAT DOES FOLLOW MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Follow

Follow is the third album by Pakho Chau, comprising four new tracks and nine previously released tracks. It was released in Hong Kong on July 10, 2009.

Definition of follow in the English dictionary

The first definition of follow in the dictionary is to go or come after in the same direction. Other definition of follow is to accompany; attend. Follow is also to come after as a logical or natural consequence.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FOLLOW

PRESENT

Present
I follow
you follow
he/she/it follows
we follow
you follow
they follow
Present continuous
I am following
you are following
he/she/it is following
we are following
you are following
they are following
Present perfect
I have followed
you have followed
he/she/it has followed
we have followed
you have followed
they have followed
Present perfect continuous
I have been following
you have been following
he/she/it has been following
we have been following
you have been following
they have been following
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I followed
you followed
he/she/it followed
we followed
you followed
they followed
Past continuous
I was following
you were following
he/she/it was following
we were following
you were following
they were following
Past perfect
I had followed
you had followed
he/she/it had followed
we had followed
you had followed
they had followed
Past perfect continuous
I had been following
you had been following
he/she/it had been following
we had been following
you had been following
they had been following
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will follow
you will follow
he/she/it will follow
we will follow
you will follow
they will follow
Future continuous
I will be following
you will be following
he/she/it will be following
we will be following
you will be following
they will be following
Future perfect
I will have followed
you will have followed
he/she/it will have followed
we will have followed
you will have followed
they will have followed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been following
you will have been following
he/she/it will have been following
we will have been following
you will have been following
they will have been following
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would follow
you would follow
he/she/it would follow
we would follow
you would follow
they would follow
Conditional continuous
I would be following
you would be following
he/she/it would be following
we would be following
you would be following
they would be following
Conditional perfect
I would have follow
you would have follow
he/she/it would have follow
we would have follow
you would have follow
they would have follow
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been following
you would have been following
he/she/it would have been following
we would have been following
you would have been following
they would have been following
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you follow
we let´s follow
you follow
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to follow
Past participle
followed
Present Participle
following
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FOLLOW


apollo
əˈpɒləʊ
enwallow
ɪnˈwɒləʊ
hollo
ˈhɒləʊ
hollow
ˈhɒləʊ
reswallow
ˌriːˈswɒləʊ
Rollo
ˈrɒləʊ
swallow
ˈswɒləʊ
unfollow
ʌnˈfɒləʊ
upfollow
ʌpˈfɒləʊ
wallow
ˈwɒləʊ
woodswallow
ˈwʊdˌswɒləʊ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOLLOW

follis
follow out
follow suit
follow the crowd
follow through
follow up
follow-my-leader
follow-on
follow-the-leader
follow-through
follow-up
follow-up call
follow-up care
follow-up interview
follow-up letter
follow-up study
follow-up telephone call
follow-up visit
followable
follower

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOLLOW

allow
beat someone hollow
bellow
disallow
fallow
fellow
frost hollow
goodfellow
hallow
high yellow
Longfellow
mallow
marshmallow
mellow
pillow
pussy willow
research fellow
shallow
willow
yellow

Synonyms and antonyms of follow in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOLLOW»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «follow» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of follow

Translation of «follow» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FOLLOW

Find out the translation of follow to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of follow from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «follow» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跟随
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

seguir
570 millions of speakers

English

follow
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

का पालन करें
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَتْبَعُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

следовать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

seguir
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অনুসরণ করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

suivre
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ikuti
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

folgen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

・・・について行く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...에 잇따르다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Tindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đi theo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்பற்ற
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अनुसरण करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

takip et
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

seguire
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nastąpić
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

іти за
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a urma
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ακολουθώ
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

följa
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

følge (etter)
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of follow

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLLOW»

The term «follow» is very widely used and occupies the 363 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOLLOW» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «follow» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «follow» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about follow

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FOLLOW»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word follow.
1
Keith B. Alexander
We followed the law, we follow our policies, we self-report, we identify problems, we fix them. And I think we do a great job, and we do, I think, more to protect people's civil liberties and privacy than they'll ever know.
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Dante Alighieri
Follow your own star!
3
Marian Anderson
The minute a person whose word means a great deal to others dare to take the open-hearted and courageous way, many others follow.
4
Marc Andreessen
Once you understand that everybody's going to get connected, a lot of things follow from that. If everybody gets the Internet, they end up with a browser, so they look at web pages - but they can also leave comments, create web pages. They can even host their own server! So not only is everybody consuming, they can also produce.
5
Kim Basinger
I feel there are two people inside me - me and my intuition. If I go against her, she'll screw me every time, and if I follow her, we get along quite nicely.
6
Sergey Brin
If Google Books is successful, others will follow.
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Joseph Campbell
Follow your bliss and the universe will open doors where there were only walls.
8
Trudi Canavan
The first rule of world-building is available physics, which basically means that if you want it to feel real, it has to follow the same rules as this world, from gravity to how human behaviour works. If you have a fantasy element that doesn't obey the laws of physics, make sure that it has a fantasy explanation.
9
Anna Chancellor
I can cook to please people, but it's quite conventional. I make a good sponge cake. I find it hard to follow recipes.
10
J. Cole
I'm here to spread a message of hope. follow your heart. Don't follow what you've been told you're supposed to do.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOLLOW»

Discover the use of follow in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to follow and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Follow Follow: A Book of Reverso Poems
Then reverse the lines and read from bottom to top and they mean something else–it is almost like magic! A celebration of sight, sound, and story, this book is a marvel to read again and again.
Marilyn Singer, 2013
2
Follow that Map!: A First Look at Mapping Skills
Explains and demonstrates key mapping concepts, discussing the use of symbols, legends, a compass, scale, landmarks, and gridlines, along with instructions for making a map of a bedroom.
Scot Ritchie, 2009
3
Follow Me: A Call to Die. A Call to Live.
The call to follow Jesus is not simply an invitation to pray a prayer; it’s a summons to lose your life—and to find new life in him. This book will show you what such life actually looks like.
David Platt, 2013
4
Follow: Learning to Follow Jesus
Follow will help you develop the seven essential attributes of a disciple of Jesus Christ.
Daniel McNaughton, Bryan Koch, 2011
5
Follow Your Passion, Find Your Power: Everything You Need to ...
Follow Your Passion, Find Your Power is a down-to-earth, no-hype, motivational approach to take control of your life and get the things you want.
Bob Doyle, 2011
6
Follow
After narrowly surving a serious car accident, Pamela Gardner walks away from the hospital physically recovered but haunted by recurring episodes of missing time, black-outs, visions, and dreams of ghostly women and stalked by a determined ...
A. J. Matthews, 2005
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Follow the River
For months, she lived with them, unbroken, until she escaped, and followed a thousand mile trail to freedom--an extraordinary story of a pioneer woman who risked her life to return to her people. From the Paperback edition.
JAMES ALEXANDER Thom, 2010
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Assessing Impact: Handbook of EIA and SEA Follow-up
Written and edited by an authoritative team of internationally known experts in environmental impact assessment (EIA), this is the first book to present in a coherent manner the theory and practice of EIA and strategic environmental ...
Angus Morrison-Saunders, Jos Arts, 2012
9
Know and Follow Rules
A child who can’t follow rules is a child who’s always in trouble. This book starts with simple reasons why we have rules: to help us stay safe, learn, be fair, and get along.
Cheri J. Meiners, 2005
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Follow the Story: How to Write Successful Nonfiction
Follow the Story examines in detail: How an idea is conceived How to “sell” ideas to editors and publishers How to report the nonfiction story Six models that can be used for any nonfiction story How to structure the narrative story How ...
James B. Stewart, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOLLOW»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term follow is used in the context of the following news items.
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Wimbledon: Roger Federer Looks to Follow Serena Williams and …
London: Roger Federer looks to follow Serena Williams as a Wimbledon record breaker when he faces world number one Novak Djokovic in ... «NDTVSports.com, Jul 15»
2
After World Cup, will US follow women to pro soccer? | New York Post
Kelley O'Hara, Christie Rampone, Tobin Heath and Alex Morgan before the Sky Blue game on Saturday. Photo: J.C. Rice ... «New York Post, Jul 15»
3
Ihsahn To Release Follow Up To 'Das Seelenbrechen' In Early 2016 …
EMPEROR frontman Ihsahn (real name: Vegard Sverre Tveitan) has completed the songwriting process for his sixth solo album, tentatively due ... «BLABBERMOUTH.NET, Jul 15»
4
Twitter Makes It Easier For You To Follow Popular Vine Creators …
"A new list of suggested Viners makes it easy to find more accounts to follow. Simply tap the Find People icon in the top left corner to see ... «Tech Times, Jul 15»
5
Follow along with the 2015 Salmon Festival - Newfoundland … - CBC
It's time for the 2015 Exploits Valley Salmon Festival in Grand Falls-Windsor. If you couldn't make it to the show, follow along in our live blog. «CBC.ca, Jul 15»
6
Wet weather to follow frosty spell | Otago Daily Times Online News …
Following a week of shivering cold temperatures and snow, the sun looks set to shine again, before more rain makes its way over the country. «Otago Daily Times, Jul 15»
7
Grubb bringing apartments to streetcar path; will more development …
Grubb bringing apartments to streetcar path; will more development follow? Streetcar boosts a long-delayed plan from Grubb Properties and ... «Charlotte Observer, Jul 15»
8
US Navy Triples Maternity Leave, Air Force Looks to Follow Suit …
A more lenient maternity policy would follow their decision to double the deployment deferment for new mothers from six months to a year, ... «Town Hall, Jul 15»
9
Pan Am Games: Follow all the action! - ESPN.com
What's on our radar at Pan Am Games · Ford: Unique experience that is the Pan Am Games · Watch Live: Judo · Watch Live: Costa Rica-Brazil ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
10
Follow Orlando Pirates vs Zamalek LIVE commentary from 14h30 …
Follow Orlando Pirates vs Zamalek LIVE commentary from 14h30 today. Mhlongo will most likely keep his place in Eric Tinkler's starting line-up. «Goal.com, Jul 15»

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