follow
/ˈfɑloʊ/
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: 5.14 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
verb
To go or come after in a sequence.
Example Sentences
- "Follow that car!"
- "She left the room and I followed."
- "I will follow him / Follow him, wherever he may go / There isn't an ocean too deep / A mountain so high it can keep me away"
- "Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you. Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers! Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman."
- "B follows A in the alphabet."
- "We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow."
Etymology
From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: folwen, folgian, *folgēn, *fulgāną
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɑloʊ/
- British English: /ˈfɒləʊ/
Usage
Inflected Forms
follows (present, singular)
following (participle, present)
followed (participle, past)
followed (past)
no-table-tags (table tags)
glossary (inflection template)
followed (first person, past)
followest (archaic, present)
followed (past, second person)
followedst (archaic, past)
followeth (archaic, present)
followed (past, singular)