following

IPA: fˈɑɫoʊɪŋ

noun

  • 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.
  • (social media) An account which is followed.

adjective

  • Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
  • About to be specified.
  • (of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
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Examples of "following" in Sentences

  • The rules for beginning school mean that a child reaches compulsory school age at the beginning of the term following their fifth birthday.
  • Mark Sanford served the remaining two years of his term following his admission of an affair with an Argentine woman and his misuse of state funds.
  • To get you in the mood, we've put together an exclusive interview with Gibney, talking about the genesis of the movie, and his own "pain" his word following the 1986 Buckner flub.
  • While Palin was not the first to use the term following the shooting -- Instapundit blogger Glenn Reynolds wrote about "The Arizona Tragedy and the Politics of Blood Libel" in the Wall Street Journal on Monday -- her celebrity brought it to national attention.
  • This would result in twelve columns of equal number of cards, as seen in tableau, _but for the following conditions_: In dealing the first eight cards, count them as you deal, from one to eight, and when any card is suitable for a foundation, or to continue a foundation, play it, counting the next card as the _following number_.

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