follow

Verb

• keep to
  • Stick to your principles
    
  • stick to the diet
    

• grasp the meaning
  • Can you follow her argument?
    
  • When he lectures, I cannot follow
    

• follow in or as if in pursuit
  • The police car pursued the suspected attacker
    
  • Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life
    

• keep under surveillance
  • The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing
    

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
  • He is a herpetologist
    
  • She is our resident philosopher
    

• adhere to or practice
  • These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion
    

• accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
  • Let's follow our great helmsman!
    
  • She followed a guru for years
    

• to be the product or result
  • Melons come from a vine
    
  • Understanding comes from experience
    

• keep informed
  • He kept up on his country's foreign policies
    

• perform an accompaniment to
  • The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano
    

• be the successor (of)
  • Carter followed Ford
    
  • Will Charles succeed to the throne?
    

• follow with the eyes or the mind
  • Keep an eye on the baby, please!
    
  • The world is watching Sarajevo
    
  • She followed the men with the binoculars
    

• follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
  • We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba
    
  • trace the student's progress
    

• imitate in behavior; take as a model
  • Teenagers follow their friends in everything
    

• 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
    

• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
  • She followed the feminist movement
    
  • The candidate espouses Republican ideals
    

• be next
  • Mary plays best, with John and Sue following
    

• behave in accordance or in agreement with
  • Follow a pattern
    
  • Follow my example
    

• come after in time, as a result
  • A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake
    

• act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
  • He complied with my instructions
    
  • You must comply or else!
    
  • Follow these simple rules
    
  • abide by the rules
    

• travel along a certain course
  • follow the road
    
  • follow the trail
    

• come as a logical consequence; follow logically
  • It follows that your assertion is false
    
  • the theorem falls out nicely
    

• be later in time
  • Tuesday always follows Monday
    

• to travel behind, go after, come after
  • The ducklings followed their mother around the pond
    
  • Please follow the guide through the museum
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  stick to , stick with , pursue , surveil , survey , be , come , keep up , keep abreast , play along , accompany , succeed , come after , watch , observe , watch over , keep an eye on , trace , take after , adopt , espouse , conform to , comply , abide by , travel along , fall out , postdate
• Antonyms: 
  precede , come before , predate , forego , forgo , antecede , antedate , lead