follow

Naija

Alternative forms

• allow 0.56 1182, listen 0.55 505, obey 0.52 375, enjoy 0.50 843, respect 0.48 756, understand 0.46 1148, praise 0.46 576, encourage 0.45 369, push 0.45 337

Etymology

Borrowed from English follow

Pronunciation

• fɔ́lò

Frequency

• Frequency in NSC treebank: 96
• Frequency rank in NSC treebank: 142
• Frequency in raw corpus: 3486
• Frequency rank in raw corpus: 109

The word is used more in written texts than orally.

Verb

follow: to obey wetin law talk, follow person go somewhere, after something/someone,to come after person for age,believe person con dey serve am,to be part of something,come after something,go with

1. to obey wetin law talk (frequency:Inf)

1. Dem no dey fear Jehovah or follow im law.  — (jw__11425, __no translation__)

   Di gumbody country dem go make sure sey office wey concern pikin matter go follow di rule.  — no translation

   And follow wetin Bible dey talk.  — (jw__1405, __no translation__)

   Na im dey follow me for house.  — no translation

2. follow person go somewhere(frequency:155)

   Wheder im papa and mama or any oder person follow am or not, e must get correct protection.  — no translation

   Dem ready to follow am,  — (jw__6712, __no translation__)

3. to come after person for age(frequency:154)

   Follow the boy.  — (JOS_09_Wife-And-Mother-In-Law_M__100, Go with the boy.)

   Follow my mind,  — (jw__10717, __no translation__)

4. believe person con dey serve am (frequency:71)

   We dey try to follow Jesus,  — (jw__39279, __no translation__)

   Follow.  — (IBA_37_Buhari-Returns_DG__116, Follow, Hhm.)

   No be you follow dem chop am?  — (LAG_38_Elections_DG__8, Did you not join them to embezzle it ?)

5. to be part of something (frequency:12)

   Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report.  — (bbc__99058, __no translation__)

   Even pikin dem wit autism follow.  — (bbc__47566, __no translation__)

   If to say Chima follow, e, e for...  — (NST_cleaned__38602, __no translation__)

   I dey bumper dey follow am.  — (ONI_07_Dis-Year-Na-My-Year_MG__12, I am following it closely.)

   You better dey follow di vow.  — (KAD_04_Indian-Movies_DG__44, You better be following the vow.)

6. come after something (frequency:30)

   Follow am, look deir face well o.  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Follow him and look at their faces well.)

   Den some of di reactions wey follow.  — (bbc__30056, __no translation__)

   And show dem the best way to follow.  — (jw__1452, __no translation__)

7. go with (frequency:21)

   Follow am.’ But Ruth tell am sey: ‘Lai lai, I no go leave you.  — (jw__2664, __no translation__)

   Follow am, look deir face well o.  — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Follow him and look at their faces well.)

Synonyms

• allow 0.56 1182, listen 0.55 505, obey 0.52 375, enjoy 0.50 843, respect 0.48 756, understand 0.46 1148, praise 0.46 576, encourage 0.45 369, push 0.45 337

Antonyms

• allow 0.56 1182, listen 0.55 505, obey 0.52 375, enjoy 0.50 843, respect 0.48 756, understand 0.46 1148, praise 0.46 576, encourage 0.45 369, push 0.45 337

Translations

• English: conform, accompany, after something/someone