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/fˈɑloʊɪŋ/ Listen

adjective

Following adj.

Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

(Astron.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding. Note: The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.

noun

Following n.

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

Vocation; business; profession.

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Etymology of 'Following'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Following" Quotes from Famous Books

... illustrations of stones and streams, lakes and rivers, mountains and forests, birds and flowers, were ever attractive to her. At an early age she began to exhibit rare poetic talent. Of "a number of short pieces, written between the ages of twelve and fifteen years," the following, entitled "The Forest," has been preserved. It appeared in the Stanstead Journal—a paper to which she afterwards frequently contributed. It was probably the first article she ...

— Canadian Wild Flowers • Helen M. Johnson

... up his candle, and hurried along the passage and up the ladder like a monkey, Mercy following ...

— A Son of Hagar - A Romance of Our Time • Sir Hall Caine

... jail with it. In ten minutes the town knew that story, and at three o'clock Barclay posted a notice saying the bank would remain open until nine o'clock that night, to accommodate any depositors who desired their money, but that it would be closed for three days following until after the funeral of ...

— A Certain Rich Man • William Allen White

... I've been two years in debt to my landlord, and at the end of every quarter I've always prayed like a modest woman to be allowed to pass by unnoticed. Celebrity has fallen on me at last, though, and I'm to go at Easter. Madame de Trop, too, has put the screw on, and everybody else is following suit. Yesterday, for example, I had the honour of a call from every one in the world to whom I owed twopence. Remembering how hard it used to be to get a bill out of these people, I find their sudden ...

— The Eternal City • Hall Caine

... holding her son Henry, then fourteen years of age, by one hand, and Henry, son of the Prince de Conde, by the other, and devoted them both to the cause. The young Henry of Navarre was then proclaimed generalissimo of the army and protector of the churches. He took the following oath: "I swear to defend the Protestant religion, and to persevere in the common cause, till death or till victory has secured for all the ...

— Henry IV, Makers of History • John S. C. Abbott

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