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following

  • adjective
  • fol·low·ing
  • /ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/

Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

Example

“See the following section.”

Other meanings

  1. About to be specified.

  2. Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind; downwind.

    “The following wind sped us on our way.”

Related words

  • following along
  • followingly

Example sentences

  • “There's a skeleton following you everywhere you go.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

  • “I'm just following the argument to its logical conclusion.”

    Tatoeba · ddnktr · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “following” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.