1. To travel behind, go after, come after
   "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
    
2. Travel along a certain course
   "follow the road";
   - travel along
    
3. Be later in time
   "Tuesday always follows Monday";
   - postdate
    
4. Be a logical consequence
   "It follows that your assertion is false";
   - fall out
    
5. Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
   "Follow these simple rules";
   - comply, abide by
    
6. Behave in accordance or in agreement with
   "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example";
   - conform to
    
7. Come after in time, as a result
   "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake";
   - come after
    
8. Be next
   "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
    
9. Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
   "She followed the feminist movement";
   - adopt, espouse
    
10. Imitate in behaviour; take as a model
    "Teenagers follow their friends in everything";
    - take after
     
11. To bring something about at a later time than
    "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"
     
12. (Internet) track a person or group on a social media site
    "Follow her on Facebook and subscribe to her blog"
     
13. See and monitor someone or something
    "She followed the men with the binoculars";
    - watch, observe, watch over, keep an eye on
     
14. Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
    "We must follow closely the economic development in Cuba";
    - trace
     
15. Be the successor (of)
    "Carter followed Ford";
    - succeed, come after
     
16. Accept and follow the leadership, command or guidance of
    "Let's follow our great helmsman!"; "She followed a guru for years"
     
17. Adhere to or practice
    "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
     
18. Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
    "He follows a herpetologist";
    - be
     
19. Keep under surveillance
    "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing";
    - surveil, survey
     
20. Follow in or as if in pursuit
    "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life";
    - pursue
     
21. Grasp the meaning
    "Can you follow her argument?"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow"
     
22. Keep to
    "follow your principles";
    - stick to, stick with
     
23. To be the product or result
    "Success follows hard work";
    - come
     
24. (music) perform an accompaniment to
    "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano";
    - play along, accompany
     
25. Keep informed
    "She follows the latest developments in technology";
    - keep up, keep abreast

Derived forms: following, followed, follows

See also: pursued

Type of: acquit, act, analyse [Brit, Cdn], analyze [N. Amer], apply, arise, be, bear, behave, bring, canvass, carry, check, check into, check out, check over, check up on, choose, come, comport, conduct, copy, deport, develop, do, ensue, examine, go, go over, grow, hang in [informal], hang on, hold on, imitate, locomote, look into, make for, move, obey, observe, originate, persevere, persist, pick out, play, practice [N. Amer], practise [Brit, Cdn], result, rise, select, simulate, spring up, study, sus [Brit, informal], suss [Brit, informal], suss out [Brit, informal], take, travel, understand, uprise [archaic, literary], use, work, wreak

Antonym: come before, lead

Encyclopedia: Follow