different between elect vs follow

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ?l?ctus, past participle of ?lig? (“to pick out, choose, elect”), from ?- (“out”) + leg? (“to pick out, pick, gather, collect, etc.”); see legend.

Cognate to eclectic, which is via Ancient Greek rather than Latin, hence prefix ?? (ek), rather than e- (from ex).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??l?kt/, /i??l?kt/
• Hyphenation: elect
• Rhymes: -?kt

Noun

elect (plural elects or elect)

1. One chosen or set apart.
2. (theology) In Calvinist theology, one foreordained to Heaven. In other Christian theologies, someone chosen by God for salvation.

   • Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth.

   • Shall not God avenge his won elect?

Antonyms

• reprobate

Derived terms

• president-elect

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Verb

elect (third-person singular simple present elects, present participle electing, simple past and past participle elected)

1. (transitive) To choose or make a decision (to do something)
2. (transitive) To choose (a candidate) in an election

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Adjective

elect (not comparable)

1. (postpositive) Who has been elected in a specified post, but has not yet entered office.

   He is the President elect.
2. Chosen; taken by preference from among two or more.
   • the elect angels

Translations

Further reading

• elect in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• elect in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

English

Etymology

From Middle English folwen, fol?en, folgen, from Old English folgian (“to follow, pursue”), from Proto-West Germanic *folg?n, from Proto-Germanic *fulg?n? (“to follow”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f?l??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?lo?/
• Rhymes: -?l??
• Hyphenation: fol?low

Verb

follow (third-person singular simple present follows, present participle following, simple past and past participle followed)

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

2. (transitive, intransitive) To go or come after in a sequence.

   We both ordered the soup, with roast beef to follow.

3. (transitive) To carry out (orders, instructions, etc.).
4. (transitive) To live one's life according to (religion, teachings, etc).
5. (transitive) To understand, to pay attention to.

6. (transitive) To watch, to keep track of (reports of) some event or person.

7. (Internet, transitive) To subscribe to see content from an account on a social media platform.

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

9. (transitive) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

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

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See also

• chase (verb)

Noun

follow (plural 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.

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