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following

adj
/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/UK/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/US

Etymology

By surface analysis, follow + -ing.

Definitions

  1. Coming next, either in sequence or in time.

    • See the following section.
    • Towards the following morning, the thermometer fell to 5°; and at daylight, there was not an atom of water to be seen in any direction.

  2. About to be specified.

    • The following words have no definition[…]

  3. Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind

    Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind; downwind.

    • The following wind sped us on our way.
  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. After, subsequent to.

      • Following the meeting, we all had a chat.
      • We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.

    2. In accordance with

      In accordance with; as per.

      • Following all relevant safety instructions, administer a dose of the corticosteroid.
      • Administer a dose of the corticosteroid, following all relevant safety instructions.

    3. A group of followers, attendants or admirers

      A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.

      • He had a loyal following.
      • And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following.

    4. Vocation

      Vocation; business; profession.

    5. A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.

      • The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
      • The following are the three most important questions.

    6. An account which is followed.

      • When a new user joins Weibo, he should register Weibo and get a unique ID, and then he takes some existing users as his followings and waits for others to follow him.
      • A follower can follow any other users and receive any kind of tweets from his or her followings.
      • She scrolled through her [Chloe’s] page and liked a few of her pictures that were like candy to her eyes before thoroughly checking her followings. She then checked Chloe’s followers, which was well over a thousand followers.

    7. present participle and gerund of follow

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at following. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at following. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at following

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA