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English to English noun
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The art or process of following; specif., in some games, as billiards, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it. Also used adjectively; as, follow shot. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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to travel behind, go after, come after | | Example: The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
Please follow the guide through the museum
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be later in time | | Example: Tuesday always follows Monday
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come as a logical consequence; follow logically | | Example: It follows that your assertion is false
the theorem falls out nicely
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travel along a certain course | | Example: follow the road
follow the trail
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act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes | | Example: He complied with my instructions
You must comply or else!
Follow these simple rules
abide by the rules
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come after in time, as a result | | Example: A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
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behave in accordance or in agreement with | | Example: Follow a pattern
Follow my example
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be next | | Example: Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
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choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans | | Example: She followed the feminist movement
The candidate espouses Republican ideals
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to bring something about at a later time than | | Example: She followed dinner with a brandy
He followed his lecture with a question and answer period
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imitate in behavior; take as a model | | Example: Teenagers follow their friends in everything
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follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something | | Example: We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
trace the student's progress
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follow with the eyes or the mind | | Example: Keep an eye on the baby, please!
The world is watching Sarajevo
She followed the men with the binoculars
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be the successor (of) | | Example: Carter followed Ford
Will Charles succeed to the throne?
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perform an accompaniment to | | Example: The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
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keep informed | | Example: He kept up on his country's foreign policies
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to be the product or result | | Example: Melons come from a vine
Understanding comes from experience
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accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of | | Example: Let's follow our great helmsman!
She followed a guru for years
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adhere to or practice | | Example: These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
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work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function | | Example: He is a herpetologist
She is our resident philosopher
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keep under surveillance | | Example: The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
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follow in or as if in pursuit | | Example: The police car pursued the suspected attacker
Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
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grasp the meaning | | Example: Can you follow her argument?
When he lectures, I cannot follow
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keep to | | Example: Stick to your principles
stick to the diet
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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. | | source: webster1913
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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. | | source: webster1913
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