follow
English
/ˈfɒləʊ/, /ˈfɑloʊ/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.
- (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.
- (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
- (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
- (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.
- (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.
- (internet) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.
- (ambitransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.
- (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English folwen inherited from Old English folgian (pursue, follow) inherited from *folgēn inherited from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (follow).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fulgāną
Gloss
follow
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Christfollower English
- followability English
- followable English
- followee English
- follower English
- followership English
- followest English
- followeth English
- followspot English
- refollow English
- spot English
- unfollow English
- unfollowable English
- unfollower English
- Follower German
- follower French
- *fulgijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fulgāną Proto-Germanic
- フォロー Japanese
- fylgja Norwegian Nynorsk
- folgere Old English
- folgian Old English
- gefolgian Old English
- æfterfolgian Old English
- folwen Middle English
- folwer Middle English
- fylgja Old Norse
- efterfølge Danish
- følge Danish
- फ़ॉलोअर Hindi
- folgen Old High German
- folgēn Old High German
- volgen Middle High German
- *folgēn gmw-pro
- folgon Old Dutch
- folgon Old Saxon
- folgia Old Frisian
- volng Mòcheno
- fylghæ Old Danish