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In her sign off piece, PJ notes: "Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these days.

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Quick take

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

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of follow gathered in one view.

verb

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

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be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"

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

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for follow.

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

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be later in time; "Tuesday always follows Monday"

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

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travel along a certain course; "follow the road"; "follow the trail"

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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"

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

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behave in accordance or in agreement with; "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"

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be next; "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"

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

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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"

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

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

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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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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"

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

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keep to; "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"

Example sentences

In her sign off piece, PJ notes: "Not that anyone seems to follow any laws that get in their way these days.

Releasing free/open source clients and servers should follow.

The best way to prevent burnout is to follow up a serious failure with doing small things that you know are going to work.

For any given stock, there are people who follow the company and its markets more closely than I ever will.

A few times my competency damns me and I end up stuck in my progression, but I follow a strict up or out policy.

"The law is still the law, and we must follow it whether we like it or not."The irony of Putin saying this cannot be understated.

I only know about it because I know some of the people involved and follow activist-oriented news sources.

Law enforcement can follow the required documentation to find the owner of any account on a global level.

After WW2, the Allies condemned and executed a number of German and Japanese officers who had done little more than follow orders.

How many were entirely unaware of the US government's terrible record of following international law?

It will create a positive loop that encourages others to follow and interact with their main corporate account.- Respond before something is actually important.

But the follow up clarifies in nearly identical language that the NSA is not listening/targeting "unless it's getting an individualized court order.

In reality, if any persons - right-thinking or not - are given largely unchecked authority over our lives, abuses will inevitably follow.

Think about that: criminal penalties for violations of laws that "won't be that easy for people to follow", where knowledge or participation in the alleged violations is not necessary.

And it wont be that easy for people to follow it Another example [6]: The agency has urged hospitals to allow vendors to guide them on security of sophisticated devices.

A static analyzer can follow data flow easily, but it requires quite a bit of thinking for the programmer to do the same!The core motivation for managing effects la Haskell is not mathematical purity: its software engineering.