follow

A2 · Elementary

v. to happen or come after something else in a sequence.

v. to occur or exist after something else in a temporal or logical sequence.

日本語:次ぐ※

Español:seguir

“Monday follows Sunday in the calendar every week.”

“A period of rapid economic growth followed the implementation of the new trade policies, surprising many skeptical analysts.”

A2 · Elementary

v. to do what an instruction, rule, or person tells you to do.

v. to act in accordance with instructions, rules, or a specific example.

日本語:従う※

“You must follow the instructions carefully to build the bookshelf correctly.”

“The laboratory technicians must follow the safety protocols strictly to prevent any accidental exposure to hazardous chemicals.”

B1 · Intermediate

v. to understand an explanation or the meaning of what someone is saying.

v. to grasp the meaning or logic of an argument, story, or explanation.

“I'm sorry, I don't quite follow your logic — could you explain that again?”

“The professor's lecture was so dense with technical jargon that even the senior students struggled to follow his main thesis.”

A2 · Elementary Computing

v. to keep track of someone's news or subscribe to their social media account.

v. to monitor the progress of an event or to subscribe to a user's digital content updates.

“I follow my favourite chef on Instagram to see her new recipes.”

“Political analysts closely follow the polling data in the months leading up to a national election.”

B2 · Upper Intermediate Academic

v. to be a natural or logical result of something that happened before.

v. to be a logical consequence or a necessary inference from premises.

“If the shop is closed, it follows that we cannot buy any bread today.”

“From the evidence presented in the report, it follows that the current infrastructure is insufficient for the projected population growth.”

B1 · Intermediate Countable noun Computing Informal

n. the act of subscribing to someone's updates on a social media site.

n. the instance of subscribing to a user's feed on a social media platform.

“She was excited to get her first thousand follows on her new art blog.”

“The marketing department tracked the number of new follows generated by the influencer's influencer campaign.”