following

Plural: followings

Noun

• a group of followers or enthusiasts
• the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
• A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
• Vocation; business; profession.
• A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
• An account which is followed.

Verb

• to travel behind, go after, come after
• be later in time
• come as a logical consequence; follow logically
• travel along a certain course
• act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes
• come after in time, as a result
• behave in accordance or in agreement with
• be next
  • "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
• choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans
• to bring something about at a later time than
• imitate in behavior; take as a model
• follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something
• follow with the eyes or the mind
• be the successor (of)
• perform an accompaniment to
• keep informed
• to be the product or result
• accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of
• adhere to or practice
• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function
• keep under surveillance
  • "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
• follow in or as if in pursuit
• grasp the meaning
• keep to
• present participle and gerund of follow

Adjective Satellite

• about to be mentioned or specified
  • "the following items"
• immediately following in time or order
  • "the following day"
• in the desired direction
  • "a following wind"

Adjective

• going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction
  • "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"
  • "tried to outrun the following footsteps"

Adj

• Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
• About to be specified.
• Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind; downwind.

Prep

• After, subsequent to.
• In accordance with; as per.

Examples

• Administer a dose of the corticosteroid, following all relevant safety instructions.
• Following all relevant safety instructions, administer a dose of the corticosteroid.
• Following the meeting, we all had a chat.
• He had a loyal following.
• See the following section.
• The following are the three most important questions.
• The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
• The following wind sped us on our way.
• The following words have no definition[…]
• We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.

Synonyms

abide by, accompany, adopt, be, chase, come, come after, comply, conform to, espouse, fall out, follow, followers, keep abreast, keep an eye on, keep up, next, observe, play along, postdate, pursual, pursue, pursuit, stick to, stick with, succeed, surveil, survey, take after, trace, travel along, undermentioned, watch, watch over, following, per#Preposition, subsequent, succeeding, successor, ulterior

Antonyms

leading, precede, predate, abovementioned, aforementioned, aforesaid, before, current, preceding, prior to, subsequent

Anagrams of following