American Dictionary
Definition follow in American English
follow
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.
These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
verb
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
to happen or come after something else
There followed seven months of hard negotiations.
You must follow a few simple guidelines.
The manufacturer's instructions should always be followed carefully.
Follow the road down the hill into an intersection.
to be interested in the progress or development of someone or something
to understand something, especially something long or complicated
to do the same thing that someone else has done
if you follow a profession or way of life, you do that job or spend your life in that way
to believe what a religion or system of ideas teaches and to do the things that it tells you to do
I follow the teachings of the Buddha.
those who follow Christianity
to happen according to a particular pattern or course
Two important implications follow from this.
It does not necessarily follow that all criminals come from deprived backgrounds.
to deal with the progress or development of someone or something in a book, movie, or television program
The cartoon follows the adventures of an ant named Flick.
if you follow someone on the online social networking service Twitter, you receive the Tweets that they send
in the future; after a particular time or event
The waltz first became fashionable in Vienna around the 1780s, spreading to many other countries in the years to follow.
