Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to follow
Participle: followed
Gerund: following
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | follow |
| you | follow |
| he;she;it | follows |
| we | follow |
| you | follow |
| they | follow |
Perfect
| I | have followed |
| you | have followed |
| he;she;it | has followed |
| we | have followed |
| you | have followed |
| they | have followed |
Past
| I | followed |
| you | followed |
| he;she;it | followed |
| we | followed |
| you | followed |
| they | followed |
Pluperfect
| I | had followed |
| you | had followed |
| he;she;it | had followed |
| we | had followed |
| you | had followed |
| they | had followed |
Future
| I | will follow |
| you | will follow |
| he;she;it | will follow |
| we | will follow |
| you | will follow |
| they | will follow |
Future Perfect
| I | will have followed |
| you | will have followed |
| he;she;it | will have followed |
| we | will have followed |
| you | will have followed |
| they | will have followed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | follow |
| you | follow |
| he;she;it | follow |
| we | follow |
| you | follow |
| they | follow |
Perfect
| I | have followed |
| you | have followed |
| he;she;it | have followed |
| we | have followed |
| you | have followed |
| they | have followed |
Imperfect
| I | followed |
| you | followed |
| he;she;it | followed |
| we | followed |
| you | followed |
| they | followed |
Pluperfect
| I | had followed |
| you | had followed |
| he;she;it | had followed |
| we | had followed |
| you | had followed |
| they | had followed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would follow |
| you | would follow |
| he;she;it | would follow |
| we | would follow |
| you | would follow |
| they | would follow |
Perfect
| I | would have followed |
| you | would have followed |
| he;she;it | would have followed |
| we | would have followed |
| you | would have followed |
| they | would have followed |
Imperative
| you | follow |
| we | Let's follow |
| you | follow |
Verbs conjugated like 'follow'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'follow'
fallow,
fellow,
followe,
hollow,
allow,
bellow,
billow,
bollox,
collor,
dollop,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- in a sequence
- succeed
- to come next after
- come after, ensue, follow on, succeed
- ensue
- supervene, succeed
- observe
- comply, imitate, conform, copy, heed, emulate, obey, mimic
- accompany
- serve, attend, support
- chase
- chivy, pursue, trail, trace, track, train
Antonyms
- go after in a sequence
- precede
Additional Information
Etymology
1. O.E.
folgian, fylgan "follow, pursue," also "obey, apply oneself to a practice or calling," from W.Gmc.
*fulg- (cf. O.Fris.
folgia, M.Du.
volghen, Ger.
folgen "to follow"). Probably originally a compound of
*full-gan with a sense of "full-going;" the sense then shifting to "serve, go with as an attendant" (cf.
fulfill). To
follow one's nose "go straight on" first attested 1650.
Follow-up (n.) is from 1923, originally in the argot of personnel management.
2. From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”). See: Middle English '
folwen', Old English '
folgian', Proto-Germanic '
*fulgāną'.
Verbs referencing "follow"
Norwegian, nynorsk
fylgja, Danish
følge, German, Pennsylvania
folye, Norwegian, nynorsk
fýgje, Cimbrian vòlgan.
Sample Sentences
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[...] and charm for me. The gloom through which the great black mass holds its direct and certain course; the rushing water, plainly heard, but dimly seen; the broad, white, glistening track, that follows in the vessel 's wake; the men on the look-out forward, who would be scarcely visible against the dark sky, but for their blotting out some score of glistening stars; the helmsman at the wheel, with [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The indescribable interest with which I strained my eyes, as the first patches of American soil peeped like molehills from the green sea, and followed them, as they swelled, by slow and almost imperceptible degrees, into a continuous line of coast, can hardly be exaggerated. A sharp keen wind blew dead against us; a hard frost prevailed on shore; [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] of it. ’ Suffice it in this place to say, that one of these invaders, with a ready courtesy for which I thank him here most gratefully, went on before to order rooms at the hotel; and that when I followed, as I soon did, I found myself rolling through the long passages with an involuntary imitation of the gait of Mr. T. P. Cooke, in a new nautical melodrama.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] As soon as she could walk, she began to explore the room, and then the house; she became familiar with the form, density, weight, and heat, of every article she could lay her hands upon. She followed her mother, and felt her hands and arms, as she was occupied about the house; and her disposition to imitate, led her to repeat everything herself. She even learned to sew a little, and to knit. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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‘At the end of the year a report of her case was made, from which the following is an extract.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] as is the rapidity with which she writes her thoughts upon the air, still more so is the ease and accuracy with which she reads the words thus written by another; grasping their hands in hers, and following every movement of their fingers, as letter after letter conveys their meaning to her mind. It is in this way that she converses with her blind playmates, and nothing can more forcibly show the [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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The chorus of one of them, which ran as follows, was sung with great energy and unction:
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] again, the teacher who sat beside her, bade her, in their language, sign her name upon a slip of paper, twice or thrice. In doing so, I observed that she kept her left hand always touching, and following up, her right, in which, of course, she held the pen. No line was indicated by any contrivance, but she wrote straight and freely.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] who slept at the end of the porch, rose, with a low growl, as she came near. She gently spoke his name, and the animal, an old pet and playmate of hers, instantly, wagging his tail, prepared to follow her, though apparently revolving much, in this simple dog's head, what such an indiscreet midnight promenade might mean. Some dim ideas of imprudence or impropriety in the measure seemed to [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] So, with great vehemence, he overturned Sam, and, giving two or three contemptuous snorts, flourished his heels vigorously in the air, and was soon prancing away towards the lower end of the lawn, followed by Bill and Jerry, whom Andy had not failed to let loose, according to contract, speeding them off with various direful ejaculations. And now ensued a miscellaneous scene of confusion. Sam and Andy [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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An ironic cry. Damn it. Still like that, that in the following picture - try to jump to the same point, -
(Spede)
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Why were you following me then ? - Aren't you Anjali ? - Yes.
(Geethanjali Malli Vachindi)
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Listen, man Men like us and the police follow a strict code Whatever happens, family should not be targeted
(Magudam)
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2 more following this vehicle Won't cross the check post None of your lorries will cross even the border of Vizag, da
(Magudam)