- to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
- to go or come after; move behind in the same direction: Drive ahead, and I'll follow you.
- to accept as a guide or leader; accept the authority of or give allegiance to: Many Germans followed Hitler.
- to conform to, comply with, or act in accordance with; obey: to follow orders; to follow advice.
- to imitate or copy; use as an exemplar: They follow the latest fads.
- to move forward along (a road, path, etc.): Follow this road for a mile.
- to come after as a result or consequence; result from: Reprisals often follow victory.
- to go after or along with (a person) as companion.
- to go in pursuit of: to follow an enemy.
- to try for or attain to: to follow an ideal.
- to engage in or be concerned with as a pursuit: He followed the sea as his true calling.
- to watch the movements, progress, or course of: to follow a bird in flight.
- to watch the development of or keep up with: to follow the news.
- to indicate interest in and establish a connection with (a social media account) so as to keep up with the online content it publishes, as posts, images, or videos: I follow my friends and some celebrities on Twitter, but nobody who tweets political stuff.
- to keep up with and understand (an argument, story, etc.): Do you follow me?
- to come next after something else in sequence, order of time, etc.
- to happen or occur after something else; come next as an event: After the defeat great disorder followed.
- to attend or serve.
- to go or come after a person or thing in motion.
- to result as an effect; occur as a consequence: It follows then that he must be innocent.
- the act of following.
- an instance of following or subscribing to online content published by a social media account: Using hashtags is one way to get more follows on Instagram.
- follow shot (def. 2).
- follow-up (def. 3).
- noting or relating to a feature used to follow or subscribe to specific website content: a follow link;follow numbers and other digital marketing statistics.
- to carry to a conclusion; execute: They followed out their orders to the letter.
- follow through,
- to carry out fully, as a stroke of a club in golf, a racket in tennis, etc.
- to continue an effort, plan, proposal, policy, etc., to its completion.
- follow up,
- to pursue closely and tenaciously.
- to increase the effectiveness of by further action or repetition.
- to pursue to a solution or conclusion.
- to go or come after in the same direction
- to accompany; attend
- to come after as a logical or natural consequence
- to keep to the course or track of
- to act in accordance with; obey
- to accept the ideas or beliefs of (a previous authority, etc)
- to understand (an explanation, argument, etc)
- to watch closely or continuously
- to have a keen interest in
- to help in the cause of or accept the leadership of
- to choose to receive messages posted by (a blogger or microblogger)
- to earn a living at or in
- follow suit cards
- to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it
- to do the same as someone else
- billiards snooker
- a forward spin imparted to a cue ball causing it to roll after the object ball
- a shot made in this way