follow
to travel behind, go after, come after
How often you will meet it
Rank 678 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 27,918 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.013% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
verb
- to travel behind, go after, come after The ducklings followed their mother around the pondPlease follow the guide through the museum
- be later in time also: postdate Tuesday always follows Monday
- come as a logical consequence; follow logically also: fall out It follows that your assertion is falsethe theorem falls out nicely
- travel along a certain course also: travel along follow the roadfollow the trail
- act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes also: comply, abide by He complied with my instructionsYou must comply or else!
- come after in time, as a result also: come after A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
follow in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And twenty men pushed to the boy to follow him into hell.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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He was afraid the detective might follow him to his room to heckle him further.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Mr. Burton thanked her and withdrew, lest Mr. Stiles should follow him up before apprised of his sudden promotion.
Admiral Peters Odd Craft, Part 14. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1
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In these respects they follow the current which carries a multitude of their elders to mental inefficiency and waste of power.
Famous Stories Every Child Should Know · Hamilton Wright [Editor] Mabie · Chapter 1
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The teacher may, however, follow his own judgment as to the order in which the poems should be taken up in class.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1