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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#m1)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x1)
- She unfollowed the channel because the videos were too scary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x2)
- He was upset when his friend unfollowed him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x3)
- I unfollowed the page because it was full of adverts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x4)
- You can unfollow without blocking. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x5)
- After the argument, they unfollowed each other. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/#x6)

### 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/unfollow/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.