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"
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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