meaning of follow
1. 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.
2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.
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.
4. To copy after; to take as an example.
5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
7. 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.
8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
9. 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.
10. keep informed; "He kept up on his countrys foreign
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Related Words
follow | follow out | follow suit | follow through | follow up | follow up on | follow-on | follow-through | follow-up | followed | follower | followers | following | followup |
