followverb/ˈfɒləʊ/

• 1

  To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.

  • Follow that car!
  • She left the room and I followed.
• 2

  To go or come after in a sequence.

  • B follows A in the alphabet.
  • We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.
• 3

  To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

  • Follow these instructions to the letter.
  • The Celebrity, by arts unknown, induced Mrs. Judge Short and two other ladies to call at Mohair on a certain afternoon when Mr. Cooke was trying a trotter on the track.[…]Their example was followed by others at a time when the master of Mohair was superintending in person the docking of some two-year-olds, and equally invisible.
• 4

  To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).

• 5

  To understand, to pay attention to.

  • Do you follow me?
• 6

  To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

  • I followed the incumbent throughout the election.
  • My friends don't regularly follow the news.
• 7

  To be a supporter of (a sports team).

  • "Sometimes I wonder what you do take any notice of—except the whistle and short skirts," speculated his superior. "But no doubt ideas are germinating." "I follow Chelsea," maintained Horace.
• 8

  To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

  • If you want to see more of our articles, follow us on Twitter.

follownoun/ˈfɒləʊ/

• 1

  In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

  • a follow shot
• 2

  The act of following another user's online activity.

  • It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.
  • Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.