following, next
(adjective) immediately following in time or order; “the following day”; “next in line”; “the next president”; “the next item on the list”
following
(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”
following
(adjective) in the desired direction; “a following wind”
pursuit, chase, pursual, following
(noun) the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; “the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit”
following, followers
(noun) a group of followers or enthusiasts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
following (not comparable)
Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
About to be specified.
(of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
(Senses 1, 2) When it modifies a noun phrase, it is generally preceded by the definite article the, and the combination functions as a determiner rather than a simple adjective. You can put it before a cardinal like the following two remarks instead of the two following remarks.
• (coming next): succeeding; see also subsequent
• (about to be specified): undermentioned
• (coming next): preceding; see also former
• (about to be specified): abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid
following
After, subsequent to.
following (plural followings)
A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
Vocation; business; profession.
(with definite article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
following
present participle of follow
Source: Wiktionary
Fol"low*ing, n.
1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay.
2. Vocation; business; profession.
Fol"low*ing, a.
1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth'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.
Fol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.]Etym: [OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. följa, Dan. fölge, 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. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. Shak.
2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. Ex. xiv. 17.
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. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. Milton. Follow peace with all men. Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. J. Edwards.
4. To copy after; to take as an example. We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. Hooker.
5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.
6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.
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. He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. Dryden.
8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. O, had I but followed the arts! Shak. O Antony! I have followed thee to this. Shak. 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.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. - 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.
Fol"low, v. i.
Definition: To go or come after; -- used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.
Syn.- To Follow, Succeed, Ensue. To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
