follow

1. (ambitransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction, especially with the intent of catching.Examples: "Follow that car!"; "She left the room and I followed."; "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."Synonyms: trail, tailAntonyms: guide, leadambitransitive

2. (ambitransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.Examples: "B follows A in the alphabet."; "We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow."; "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"Synonyms: succeed, come after, ensue, follow, follow on, succeedAntonyms: precede, succeedambitransitive

3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).Examples: "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."Synonyms: pursuetransitive

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

5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.Examples: "Do you follow me?"transitive

6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.Examples: "I followed the incumbent throughout the election."; "My friends don't regularly follow the news."transitive