[
US
/ˈfɑɫoʊɪŋ/
]
[ UK /fˈɒləʊɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /fˈɒləʊɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
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the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit - a group of followers or enthusiasts
ADJECTIVE
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immediately following in time or order
the next president
the following day
next in line
the next item on the list -
about to be mentioned or specified
the following items -
in the desired direction
a following wind -
going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction
tried to outrun the following footsteps
the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade
How To Use following In A Sentence
- A few talented writers en dowed with originality and exceptional animation, a few brilliant efforts, isolated, without following, interrupted and recommenced, did not suffice to endow a nation with a solid and imposing basis of literary wealth. Literary and Philosophical Essays: French, German and Italian
- Sewage overflowed into wash basins at West Middlesex Hospital following a blockage in one of the toilets.
- The following years were characterized by rifts with Russia, in which the Ukraine jealously guarded its own independence against its overbearing neighbour.
- A spokesman said: ‘Following a further complaint, visits to the tea room this year established the conditions of the licence had again been broken.’
- Squire Western, who, surrounded by piqueurs, and girt with the conventional cor de chasse of the Gallic sportsman, sings the following ariette, diversified with true Fielding
- Despite these unexceptionable advantages, critics have objected to the land tax on the following grounds.
- The decade following saw the first railway train arrive from the East, the first C.P.R. steamship anchored in port, the Klondike "boom," and the great mining industries of British Columbia well under way. Canadian Cities of Romance
- •If you've been following the fate of Men in Trees (ABC, 10 ET/PT), it won't surprise you to learn this now-canceled series — always an ABC afterthought — is being dropped into the network's summer schedule to complete its run. Critic's Corner Wednesday
- The threat to foreign contractors has escalated in the past month following a series of kidnappings and murders.
- Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.