Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

follow the sun

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.75 in modern English

Syllables: fol-low the -sun
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.

noun

Process where a business places its support teams across several time zones, so that it is business hours in at least one zone at all times.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"November was almost upon us; for me, there were just a couple of months to go. The sun was setting on my journey. Much warmth and light had surrounded me these past months as I followed the sun to so many countries and met so many […]"
"Some organisations are implementing a 'follow the sun' outsourcing strategy to facilitate 24x7 services – i.e. the customer calls are directed to whichever location is operating within normal working hours […]"

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

follows the sun (present, singular) following the sun (participle, present) followed the sun (participle, past) followed the sun (past)

Questions

What does follow the sun mean?: To holiday or winter in a sunnier climate.

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