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: conform, accompany, after something/someone -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Di gumbody country dem go make sure sey office wey concern pikin matter go follow di rule. — no translation
- Wheder im papa and mama or any oder person follow am or not, e must get correct protection. — no translation
- Na im dey follow me for house. — no translation
- mark-obj (frequency:155)
- Dem ready to follow am, — (jw__6712, __no translation__)
- We dey try to follow Jesus, — (jw__39279, __no translation__)
- obj (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__)
- - (frequency:71)
- 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 ?)
- aux-obj (frequency:46)
- 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.)
- mark (frequency:30)
- Den some of di reactions wey follow. — (bbc__30056, __no translation__)
- And show dem the best way to follow. — (jw__1452, __no translation__)
- cc-obj (frequency:21)
- And follow wetin Bible dey talk. — (jw__1405, __no translation__)
- Dem no dey fear Jehovah or follow im law. — (jw__11425, __no translation__)
- obl:arg (frequency:18)
- Wetin Oti tok follow for wetin dem write for di report. — (bbc__99058, __no translation__)
- something wey dey against laws and policies wey dem suppose follow for Europe. — (bbc__50711, __no translation__)
- nsubj (frequency:12)
- Even pikin dem wit autism follow. — (bbc__47566, __no translation__)
- If to say Chima follow, e, e for... — (NST_cleaned__38602, __no translation__)
- aux (frequency:11)
- No be our generational kind of belief, na im den dey follow. — (NST_cleaned__4524, __no translation__)
- For example, before many women marry, na wetin their papa and mama talk dem dey follow. — (jw__422, __no translation__)
- conj-obj (frequency:8)
- Follow am, look deir face well o. — (LAG_39_Recording-Wahala_T__128, Follow him and look at their faces well.)
- Follow am.’ But Ruth tell am sey: ‘Lai lai, I no go leave you. — (jw__2664, __no translation__)
- aux-mark (frequency:7)
- If de, if de see you with girl now, de go dey complain talk sey you don dey follow — (KAD_24_Biography_M__71, if they see... if they see you with a girl now, they will be complaining that you have been following...)
- This one go help us be part of that ‘one group’ of sheep wey dey follow ‘one shepherd.’ — (jw__16515, __no translation__)
- advmod (frequency:5)
- No follow. — (JOS_31_Psqaure-And-Efe_DG__84, He is not among.)
- bill to establish di Nigerian Council for Social Work and bill to amend di Currency Conversation of Prison Orders dem too follow. — (bbc__25019, __no translation__)
- conj (frequency:4)
- Okay I wan follow con talk of where I work. — (KAD_26_Brigade-Boy-School-Experience_M__30, Okay, I want to join in talking about where I work.)
- Wheder na you follow, na you bring yoursef to dis world, — (ABJ_INF_09a_Children-Story_M__12, Were you the one who followed... did you bring yourself into this world ?)
- dep-obj (frequency:3)
- As US President Donald Trump dey fly go do rally, somtin wey e no expect follow am upandan. — (bbc__16606, __no translation__)
- E mimba de good days weh e score two goals for Zaire for 1972 weh deh scatter president Ahidjo e head e forget motor weh mebre dem take'am follow e with'am. — (bbc__44746, __no translation__)
- advcl (frequency:2)
- Civil Society Organisations dem join hand for di Memorandum of Understanding ,and dem go use eye follow as Nigeria government go use di money. — (bbc__25719, __no translation__)
- Unto wetin dey make am hard for strikers to score nowadays, e say the technic of the game wey done improve wella follow dey make am difficult for strikers to score. — (brila__1996, __no translation__)
- ccomp (frequency:2)
- As we talk am so, dem go give di pikin chance make im talk im side of matter wey court people and office people dey look wey concern di pikin, by imself, or through anodir person wey stand for am or group wey get right to talk put for di matter, as e take follow as dem write am down for di law of di country. — (gumbody__25, __no translation__)
- During di 'Qingming' festival every year for China, family dey burn money and some oda tins to make dia relatives wey don die dey very comfortable for di oda life Plenti cry and shout na im follow as bulldozer dem wit some goment pipo for Jiangxi province for China waka door to door to collect and destroy coffins. — (bbc__43705, __no translation__)
- det-obj (frequency:2)
- Na from dia NAPTIP follow di mata, start investigation wey catch di herbalist. — (bbc__71167, __no translation__)
- But de declaration weh Lekjaa make go fit change de mood for Cameroon as fear for Morocco bi dey laik shadow wey e bi di follow Cameroon for all place. — (bbc__21989, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- 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
Antonymes
- 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