[
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
- 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 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
- 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
- Following the example set by her father, she has fulfilled her role and done her duty.
- Organic carbon mineralization was studied in a large humic lake in northern Sweden during a well-defined summer stratification period following high water flow during snowmelt.
- In the following year they surveyed the perpendicular to the meridian east of Paris, triangulating the area between Paris and Strasbourg.
- The course leader outlined the programme we would be following.
- The following day the capital was under shellfire. Reluctant revolutionary: the rocky road of Venustiano Carranza (1859–1920)
- Twice through the following night was I wakened by the boat being hurled upon her beam-ends by the blows of the seas; but she righted easily, and took scarce any water, the canvas proving a very roof of safety. The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig'
