followers

«followers» in Mova's school dictionary: people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun, plural of follower (a follower, followers)

meaning for a pupil

1) Followers are people who support, believe in or copy a leader, team or idea. tree →

2) On social media, followers are the people who choose to see your posts. tree →

3) People or animals that come after or go after someone. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in everyday life (social media followers), history and religion (followers of a teacher or leader), sport (fans). Phrases: «have many followers», «loyal followers», «a follower of fashion». Safety: do not share personal details with online followers you don't know.

examples

• The singer has millions of followers online. tree →
• The leader's followers marched through the town. tree →
• Ducklings are good followers of their mother. tree →
• Be careful what you post — strangers may be followers. tree →
• He is a follower, not a leader. tree →
• The football club has loyal followers all over the world. tree →
• His three followers watched him, waiting for orders. tree →

note

Countable. From the verb «follow». Online follower counts can be large numbers; e.g. «2.5 million followers» = 2 500 000. Gaining 300 followers a week means after 4 weeks you gain 1 200.

In the corpora

• Christians see Pentecost, when Jesus' followers were understood in many languages, as the reversal of Babel.
• In the Great Commission Jesus told his followers to go to all nations, make disciples and baptise them.
• Followers of Islam are called Muslims, and Islam is the second largest religion in the world.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «followers» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.