followとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /ˈfɒləʊ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɑloʊ/
• 韻: -ɒləʊ
• ハイフネーション: fol‧low

動詞

follow (三人称単数 現在形 follows, 現在分詞 following, 過去形および過去分詞形 followed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To go after; to pursue; to move behind in the same path or direction.

   Follow that car!

   She left the room and I followed.

2. (transitive, intransitive) 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. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).

   Follow these instructions to the letter.

   • 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 222716698, pages 58–59:

     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. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

   Do you follow me?

6. (transitive) 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. (Internet, transitive) 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.

8. (transitive, intransitive) To be a logical consequence of something.

   It follows that if two numbers are not equal then one is larger than the other.

   If you don't practise proper hygiene, illness is sure to follow.

9. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.
   • c. 1601–1602, William Shakespeare, “Twelfe Night, or VVhat You VVill”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act I, scene iii], page 256, column 2:

     O had I but followed the Arts.

同意語

• (go after in a physical space): trail, tail
• (in a sequence): succeed; see also Thesaurus:succeed
• (carry out): pursue
• (be a consequence): ensue

反意語

• (go after in a physical space): guide, lead
• (go after in a sequence): precede; see also Thesaurus:precede
• unfollow

派生語

関連する語

参考

• chase (verb)

名詞

follow (複数形 follows)

1. (sometimes attributive) In billiards and similar games, a stroke causing a ball to follow another ball after hitting it.

   a follow shot

2. (Internet) The act of following another user's online activity.
   • 2012, Brett Petersel, ‎Esther Schindler, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Twitter Marketing

     It doesn't take too many follows to become overwhelmed with the deluge of content on Twitter.

   • 2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book:

     Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.