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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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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Following" Quotes from Famous Books

... be drowned and turned his head to see. But there were the two somber figures still following him, though their black sacks were ...

— The Adventures of Pinocchio • C. Collodi--Pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini

... compelled to fight his own way upward under all the grinding aspects of poverty. Owing to an energetic and indomitable temperament, he had through years of law practice and public labors of various kinds built up for himself a following among Chicago Swedes which amounted to adoration. He had been city tax-collector, city surveyor, district attorney, and for six or eight years a state circuit judge. In all these capacities he had manifested a tendency to do the right as he saw it and play fair—qualities ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

... by stating certain imports to be of one nature when they were something entirely different. For instance a great deal of starch had been imported under the denomination of flour from Ireland. The Revenue officers were therefore instructed to discriminate between the two articles by the following means. Starch "when in flour" and real flour could be differentiated by putting some of each into a tumbler of water. If the "flour" were starch it would sink to the bottom and form a hard substance, if it were real flour ...

— King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855 • E. Keble Chatterton

... of forty years, and if you will supply those details which I have omitted, your own varied experience as a thoughtful, talented, and earnest piano-teacher will enable you to understand my theory, from the following dialogue between my humble self under the title of Dominie, my friend, and the ...

— Piano and Song - How to Teach, How to Learn, and How to Form a Judgment of - Musical Performances • Friedrich Wieck

... NOTE.—The following questions are set as an indication of the sort of knowledge a student should possess who has carefully read the several papers of this course. The paper covers only about the first half of the course. The student is recommended to write out the answers carefully. Only such answers need ...

— Up To Date Business - Home Study Circle Library Series (Volume II.) • Various

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