unfollow

«unfollow» in Mova's school dictionary: To stop following a person or account on social media, so… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

verb (unfollow, unfollows, unfollowed, unfollowing)

meaning for a pupil

(online) To stop following a person or account on social media, so you no longer see their posts. tree →

sense in the lessons

In online life and safety lessons: you can unfollow accounts that upset you, show harmful content or make you feel bad. Unfollowing is usually not told to the other person, but they may notice. Phrases: «unfollow someone», «unfollow an account».

examples

• If an account makes you feel bad, you can unfollow it. tree →
• She unfollowed the channel because the videos were too scary. tree →
• He was upset when his friend unfollowed him. tree →
• I unfollowed the page because it was full of adverts. tree →
• You can unfollow without blocking. tree →
• After the argument, they unfollowed each other. tree →

note

Regular verb: unfollowed. Different from «block» (stop someone seeing or contacting you) and «mute» (hide posts without unfollowing). Opposite: «follow».

Trees and pragmatics

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