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Definitions for Following

[1] a body of followers, attendants, adherents, etc.
[2] the body of admirers, attendants, patrons, etc., of someone or something: That television show has a large following.
[3] the following, that which comes immediately after, as pages, lines, etc.: See the following for a list of exceptions.
[4] that follows or moves in the same direction: a following wind.
[5] that comes after or next in order or time; ensuing: the following day.
[6] that is now to follow; now to be mentioned, described, related, or the like: Check the following report for details.
[7] to come after in sequence, order of time, etc.: The speech follows the dinner.
[8] to go or come after; move behind in the same direction: Drive ahead, and I'll follow you.
[9] to accept as a guide or leader; accept the authority of or give allegiance to: Many Germans followed Hitler.
[10] to conform to, comply with, or act in accordance with; obey: to follow orders; to follow advice.
[11] to imitate or copy; use as an exemplar: They follow the latest fads.
[12] to move forward along (a road, path, etc.): Follow this road for a mile.
[13] to come after as a result or consequence; result from: Reprisals often follow victory.
[14] to go after or along with (a person) as companion.
[15] to go in pursuit of: to follow an enemy.
[16] to try for or attain to: to follow an ideal.
[17] to engage in or be concerned with as a pursuit: He followed the sea as his true calling.
[18] to watch the movements, progress, or course of: to follow a bird in flight.
[19] to watch the development of or keep up with: to follow the news.
[20] to keep up with and understand (an argument, story, etc.): Do you follow me?
[21] to come next after something else in sequence, order of time, etc.
[22] to happen or occur after something else; come next as an event: After the defeat great disorder followed.
[23] to attend or serve.
[24] to go or come after a person or thing in motion.
[25] to result as an effect; occur as a consequence: It follows then that he must be innocent.
[26] the act of following.
[27] Billiards , Pool . follow shot(def 2) .
[28] follow-up(def 3) .
[29] follow out , to carry to a conclusion; execute: They followed out their orders to the letter.
[30] follow through , to carry out fully, as a stroke of a club in golf, a racket in tennis, etc. to continue an effort, plan, proposal, policy, etc., to its completion.
[31] follow up , to pursue closely and tenaciously. to increase the effectiveness of by further action or repetition. to pursue to a solution or conclusion.
[32] (prenominal) about to be mentioned, specified, etc the following items (as noun ) will the following please raise their hands?
[33] (of winds, currents, etc) moving in the same direction as the course of a vessel
[34] a group of supporters or enthusiasts he attracted a large following wherever he played
[35] as a result of he was arrested following a tip-off
[36] to go or come after in the same direction he followed his friend home
[37] (tr) to accompany; attend she followed her sister everywhere
[38] to come after as a logical or natural consequence
[39] (tr) to keep to the course or track of she followed the towpath
[40] (tr) to act in accordance with; obey to follow instructions
[41] (tr) to accept the ideas or beliefs of (a previous authority, etc) he followed Donne in most of his teachings
[42] to understand (an explanation, argument, etc) the lesson was difficult to follow
[43] to watch closely or continuously she followed his progress carefully
[44] (tr) to have a keen interest in to follow athletics
[45] (tr) to help in the cause of or accept the leadership of the men who followed Napoleon
[46] (tr) to choose to receive messages posted by (a blogger or microblogger) I've been following her online
[47] (tr) rare to earn a living at or in to follow the Navy
[48] follow suit cards to play a card of the same suit as the card played immediately before it to do the same as someone else
[49] billiards snooker a forward spin imparted to a cue ball causing it to roll after the object ball a shot made in this way

Words related to Following

subsequent, coming, ensuing, successive, consecutive, succeeding, audience, hinder, then, latter, pursuing, back, posterior, specified, attendant, trailing, serial, rear, resulting, patronage

Words nearby Following

follow-on, follow-through, follow-up, follower, followership, following, following bougie, followship, folly, folsom, folsom man

Origin of Following

before 900; Middle English folwen, Old English folgian; cognate with Old Saxon folgon, Old High German folgēn, folgōn (German folgen )

Other words from Following

non·fol·low·ing , adjective
fol·low·a·ble , adjective
un·fol·low·a·ble , adjective
un·fol·lowed , adjective
well-fol·lowed , adjective

Word origin for Following

Old English folgian ; related to Old Frisian folgia , Old Saxon folgōn , Old High German folgēn

Synonyms for Following

coming, consecutive, ensuing, subsequent, succeeding, successive, attendant, back, hinder, latter, posterior, pursuing, rear, resulting, serial, specified, then, trailing, a while later, after a while, afterward, by and by, coming after, coming next, consequent, consequential, directly after, henceforth, in pursuit, in search of, in the wake of, later, later on, next, next off, on the scent, presently, proximate, sequent, sequential, seriate, supervenient, when