26984 words

followed

14 definitions • 25 examples
1
past simple and past participle of
2
to move behind someone or something and go where he, she, or it goes:

Examples:

A dog followed us home.
She followed me into the kitchen.
He had the feeling he was being followed (= someone was going after him to catch him or see where he was going).
I could feel them following me with their eyes (= watching my movements closely).
follow the crowd Do your own thing, don't just follow the crowd (= do what everyone else does).
3
to go in the same direction as a road, path, etc.:

Examples:

Follow the road for two miles, then turn left.
4
in a game of cards, to play a card of the same suit (= any of the four types of card in a set of playing cards, each having a different shape printed on it) as the card that has just been played:

Examples:

You have to follow suit if you can, but if you can't, you can play a trump.
5
to do the same thing as someone else:

Examples:

When one airline reduces its prices, the rest soon follow suit.
6
to happen or come after something:

Examples:

We were not prepared for the events that followed (= happened next).
The book was delivered yesterday with a note saying the bill for it would follow in a day or two.
The meal consisted of spinach salad, followed by roast chicken (= with this as the next part).
follow something with something We will go for a short walk along the river, and follow that with a drink at a riverside café.
follow something up with something She published a book of poems and followed it up with (= next produced) a novel.
7
said to introduce a list of things:

Examples:

The winners are as follows - Woods, Smith, and Cassidy.
8
to obey or to act as ordered by someone:

Examples:

follow someone's advice I decided to follow her advice and go to bed early.
9
to happen or develop in a particular way, or to act so that things happen or develop in a particular way:

Examples:

follow a path The euro shot up 10% against the dollar, and the yen followed a similar path.
The two sisters followed very different career paths.
follow a pattern She studied his arguments in debates and noticed they followed the same pattern.
10
to have a great interest in something or watch something closely:

Examples:

He follows most sports avidly.
They followed her academic progress closely.
11
to happen as a result, or to be a likely result:

Examples:

it follows that Just because I agreed last time, it doesn't necessarily follow that I will again.
12
to understand something as it is being said or done:

Examples:

I'm sorry, I don't quite follow (you).
13
to read the notes or words of a piece of music or writing at the same time as they are being played or said
14
If you follow a particular person on a social media website (= a website where people can publish their thoughts, photographs, information about themselves etc.), you choose to see everything that person posts (= publishes) on the website.

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