Betekenis van follower In het Nederlands

• 0 someone who has a great interest in something:

  • They are keen followers of their local team.

  • a follower of Jesus

  • followers of the Dalai Lama/Buddhism

• 1 a person who does what someone else does or suggests doing:

  • Be a leader, not a follower!

• 2 someone who chooses to see a particular person's posts (= messages) on Twitter™ (= a website where people can publish short remarks or pieces of information):

  • She has over 100,000 followers on Twitter.

• 3 someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas:

  • The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers.

• 4 a person who has an active interest in something:

  • They are enthusiastic followers of their local team.

• 5 a company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first:

  • Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers.

  • Our analysis supports the view of Germany as a fast follower of e-commerce technologies.

  • an industry/a market follower

• 6 a person who watches something closely to see how it develops:

  • We have long been followers of the mining finance company whose shares have recently soared to 61p.

  • close/keen followers If you are one of the many investors who has bought shares in the company, no doubt you've become a keen follower of the copper price.