how to pronounce follow

/ˈfɒləʊ/

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follow is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of follow in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… if you want to follow him we can link …”

meaning of follow

To follow is to go after someone or something.

follow frequency in english - A2 level of CEFR

the word follow occurs in english on average 95.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for A2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics follow can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that follow can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;

2) people, society, and culture;