'Following' definitions:
Definition of 'following'
(from WordNet)
adjective
About to be mentioned or specified; "the following items" [syn: following(a), undermentioned]
adjective
Immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: following, next]
adjective
Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps" [ant: leading]
adjective
In the desired direction; "a following wind"
noun
A group of followers or enthusiasts [syn: following, followers]
noun
Definition of 'Following'
From: GCIDE
- Follow \Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[=e]n, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. f["o]lja, Dan. f["o]lge, and perh. to E. folk.]
- 1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. [1913 Webster]
- It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. [1913 Webster]
- I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. --Ex. xiv. 17. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. [1913 Webster]
- Approve the best, and follow what I approve. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Follow peace with all men. --Heb. xii. 14. [1913 Webster]
- It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To copy after; to take as an example. [1913 Webster]
- We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]
- 5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office. [1913 Webster]
- 6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise. [1913 Webster]
- 7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. [1913 Webster]
- He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- 8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. [1913 Webster]
- O, had I but followed the arts! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O Antony! I have followed thee to this. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Follow board (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. --Knight.
- To follow the hounds, to hunt with dogs.
- To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set.
- To follow up, to pursue indefatigably.
- Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain.
- Usage: - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Following'
From: GCIDE
- Following \Fol"low*ing\, n.
- 1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Vocation; business; profession. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Following'
From: GCIDE
- Following \Fol"low*ing\, a.
- 1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (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. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'following'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- after,
- afterlife,
- alike,
- aped,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- attendance,
- attendant,
- audience,
- behind,
- below,
- body of retainers,
- buff,
- bugging,
- cadet,
- cavaliere servente,
- chase,
- clientage,
- clientele,
- cloak-and-dagger work,
- cohort,
- coming,
- coming after,
- consecution,
- consecutive,
- consecutiveness,
- consequent,
- consequential,
- consimilar,
- continuation,
- continuity,
- copied,
- copying,
- cortege,
- counterespionage,
- counterfeit,
- counterfeiting,
- counterintelligence,
- court,
- courtier,
- cynegetic,
- dangler,
- deducible,
- dependent,
- derivable,
- derivational,
- derivative,
- descent,
- disciple,
- dogging,
- electronic surveillance,
- emulation,
- ensuing,
- entourage,
- ersatz,
- espial,
- espionage,
- extension,
- fake,
- fakery,
- fan,
- favoring,
- final,
- fishing,
- flunky,
- follow,
- follow-up,
- follower,
- forgery,
- future time,
- halieutic,
- hanger-on,
- hangover,
- henchman,
- hit-off,
- homme de cour,
- homogeneous,
- hue and cry,
- hunting,
- identical,
- imitated,
- imitation,
- impersonation,
- imposture,
- impression,
- in full cry,
- in hot pursuit,
- in pursuit,
- infenible,
- intelligence,
- intelligence work,
- junior,
- lateness,
- later,
- like,
- line,
- lineage,
- lineal,
- logical sequence,
- military intelligence,
- mimesis,
- mimicked,
- mirroring,
- mock,
- nearly reproduced,
- next,
- next life,
- not unlike,
- observation,
- onomatopoeia,
- order,
- order of succession,
- parasite,
- parody,
- partisan,
- phony,
- piscatorial,
- piscatory,
- plagiarism,
- plagiary,
- postdate,
- postdating,
- posterior,
- posteriority,
- postposition,
- postpositional,
- postpositive,
- procession,
- progression,
- prolongation,
- prosecution,
- provenience,
- proximate,
- public,
- puisne,
- pursuance,
- pursuant,
- pursuer,
- pursuing,
- pursuit,
- pursuivant,
- quest,
- questing,
- remainder,
- repetition,
- resembling,
- resultant,
- resulting,
- retinue,
- rotation,
- rout,
- satellite,
- searching,
- secret police,
- secret service,
- sectary,
- seeking,
- sequacious,
- sequence,
- sequent,
- sequential,
- series,
- shadow,
- shadowing,
- similar,
- simulated,
- simulation,
- since,
- smacking of,
- something like,
- spying,
- stakeout,
- stalking,
- stooge,
- subjunction,
- subsequence,
- subsequent,
- subsequent to,
- succeeding,
- succession,
- successive,
- successiveness,
- successor,
- suffixation,
- suffixed,
- suggestive of,
- suite,
- supervenience,
- supervention,
- supporter,
- surveillance,
- synthetic,
- tagtail,
- tail,
- tailing,
- takeoff,
- tracking,
- tracking down,
- trailing,
- train,
- trainbearer,
- uniform with,
- votary,
- ward heeler,
- wiretap,
- wiretapping,
- younger
Words containing 'Following'
- Follow,
- Followed,
- Follower,
- To follow up,
- as follows,
- follow out,
- follow through,
- follow up,
- follow up on,
- followers,
- Camp follower,
- Follow board,
- Following edge,
- Following surface,
- North following,
- To follow suit,
- To follow the hounds,
- follow suit,
- follow-on,
- follow-through,
- follow-up,
- followers of the phrophet