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/ˈfɒləʊ/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.
verbTo go or come after in a sequence.
Sentence Examples
You may as well follow his advice.
All you have to do is follow his advice.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ the tour guide closely, so you do not get lost in the crowded market.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please ____ the instructions carefully to ensure that the cake turns out perfectly every time.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English folwen, folȝen, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folgēn, from Proto-Germanic *fulgāną (“to follow”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Ambassador Udina: The other species are scared. They've never faced anything like this before and they don't know what to do. They want us to step forward. They believe in humanity because of you.
Ambassador Udina: Your ruthless pursuit of Saren and the geth, your defiance of the Council -- that's what humans are capable of! That's how we can defeat the Reapers!
Ambassador Udina: The others will follow us, Shepard. They know we're their only hope. We will have a human Council with a human Chairman."
— 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Citadel:
"Where a pon thys for sayd men dyd sett yᵉ prysse under yᵉ maner as here after follyzth: & Thomas Borrage yᵗ was tuthyng man at yᵉ tyme for iak Tymwell dyd gether yˢ mony yᵗ follyth & brosth hyt to yˢ for said men by causse yᵗ they schuld se every man content after their conssyens"
— 1532 June 23, Sir Christopher Trychay, quoting Will[ia]m Scely, The cownte of Willm Scely beyng Wardyng of yᵉ almys, Morebath; republished in R. Erskine Binney, B.A., compiler, The Accounts of the Wardens of the Parish of Morebath, Devon, 1520-1573, Exeter: James G. Commin, 1904, page 39:
"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."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter IV, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC, pages 58–59:
""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."
— 1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London:
"O had I but followed the Arts."
— c. 1601–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or What You Will”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii], page 256, column 2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Please ____ the tour guide closely, so you do not get lost in the crowded market.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please ____ the instructions carefully to ensure that the cake turns out perfectly every time.