Following

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1. Verb form

of Follow

2. Noun

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

3. Noun

Vocation; business; profession.

4. Adjective

Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

5. Adjective

(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.

6. Adjective

in the desired direction; "a following wind"
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