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• verb
To go, move, or travel behind someone or something in the same direction.
"Please follow the tour guide closely as we walk through the historic palace."
To happen, come, or occur after something else in time, sequence, or logical order.
"A brief question-and-answer session will follow the keynote lecture."
To act in accordance with or obey instructions, rules, advice, or an example.
"All laboratory personnel must strictly follow the established safety protocols."
To pay close attention to and understand the meaning, logic, or progression of an explanation, argument, or story.
"The professor spoke so rapidly that several students struggled to follow the complex mathematical proof."
To regularly monitor, keep track of, or subscribe to news, a sports team, or a person's updates on social media.
"Millions of readers around the world closely follow the latest developments in renewable energy."
• noun
An instance of subscribing to another user's account on a social media platform in order to receive their updates.
"Her latest video gained thousands of views and hundreds of new follows overnight."
In billiards and pool, forward spin imparted to the cue ball that causes it to continue rolling forward after striking an object ball.
"He struck the top of the cue ball to apply enough follow to sink it into the corner pocket."
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Word Origin & Etymology
From Old English folgian ('to accompany, pursue, or obey'), derived from Proto-Germanic *fulgōną, cognate with German folgen and Dutch volgen.