Meaning of follow | Babel Free

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1. In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.
   attributive, sometimes
2. The act of following another user's online activity.
3. Games A billiards shot in which the cue ball is struck above center so that it follows the path of the object ball after impact.
   Games
4. To move or proceed in unison or in accord with an example: followed along with the song.
5. To increase the effectiveness or enhance the success of by further action: followed up her interview with an email.
6. As will be stated next. Used to introduce a specified enumeration, explanation, or command.
7. To strengthen the effect of (an action) by further action:follow up, pursue.
8. a person who follows, especially the philosophy, ideas etc of another person. He is a follower of Plato (= Plato's theories). volgeling; navolger; aanhanger تابِع، نَصير، تِلْميذ последовател seguidor následovník der Anhänger tilhænger οπαδός, μαθητήςseguidor järelkäija, jünger پیرو؛ مرید seuraaja disciple אוֹהֵד अनुयायी sljedbenik, pristaša követő pengikut fylgjandi discepolo 信奉者 지지자, 신봉자 pasekėjas, šalininkas sekotājs; piekritējs pengikut volgelingtilhenger, følgesvenn kontynuator پيرو، شاګ...
   especially
9. supporters. He has a great following among the poorer people. aanhang أتْباع، أنْصار последователи adeptos přívrženci die Anhägerschaft tilhængerskare; fanskare οπαδοίseguidores pooldajaskond طرفداران kannattajajoukko partisan קְהָל חָסִידִים शिष्य-समुदाय pristaše, sljedbenici követők pendukung fylgismaður, áhangandi seguito 支持者 신봉자, 지지자 rėmėjai, gerbėjai sekotāji; piekritēji penyokong aanhangtilhengerskare, menighetpoparcie پیروان، متعلقین adeptos susţi­nă­tor, suport приверженцы prívrženci ...
10. after; as a result of. Following his illness, his hair turned white. na aanleiding van في أعْقاب، على أثَر след a seguir a po, následkem als Folge efter; som følge af μετά απόdespués de tagajärjel بعد از jälkeen à la suite deלאחר बाद, पश्चात nakon, kao posljedica vmit követően sebagai akibat í kjölfar in seguito a ～の後で ...의 결과로 po pēc akibat naetterpo وروسته د ... a seguir a după после; вследствие následkom zaradi usled till följd av ที่ตามมาทีหลังถัดมา ...-den sonra 在...以後 виходячи з کسی چیز...
11. things about to be mentioned. You must bring the following – pen, pencil, paper and rubber. volgende الأشياء التاليَه следното seguinte toto das Folgende følgende το εξής lo siguiente, las siguientes cosas järgmised asjad زیر seuraava les choses suivantes שֶׁלְהַלָן निम्नलिखित sljedeće a következő(k) berikut ini eftirfarandi (quel che segue) 下記のもの 아래에 말하는 사항 tokie/šie dalykai sekojošais berikut het volgendefølgende co następuje لاندنی seguinte următoarele (lucruri) следующее ďalšie naslednje ...
12. further reaction or response. Was there any follow-up to the letter you wrote to the newspaper? opvolg مُتابعَه продължение seguimento odezva, odpověď die Folge follow up; opfølgning συνέχειαseguimiento järelkaja پیگیری؛ پس آیند seuranta suiteמעקב जानकारी लेना nastavak, posljedica folytatás tindak lanjut eftirfylgja; viðbragð seguito 反応 후속 답변, 후속 조치 reakcija, tąsa reakcija; papildu pasākumi/paziņojumi/informācija; darba gaitas/rezultātu pārbaude tindakan susulan vervolgoppfølging, etterbehand...

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Examples

“a follow shot”

“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.”

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