Definition of following

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Following (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day..

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Yawn :: Yawn (n.) An involuntary act, excited by drowsiness, etc., consisting of a deep and long inspiration following several successive attempts at inspiration, the mouth, fauces, etc., being wide open..
Meet :: Meet (v. t.) To join, or come in contact with; esp., to come in contact with by approach from an opposite direction; to come upon or against, front to front, as distinguished from contact by following and overtaking..
Overmorrow :: Overmorrow (n.) The day after or following to-morrow.
Sequacious :: Sequacious (a.) Inclined to follow a leader; following; attendant.
Insecution :: Insecution (n.) A following after; close pursuit.
Consectaneous :: Consectaneous (a.) Following as a matter of course.
Afar :: Afar (adv.) At, to, or from a great distance; far away; -- often used with from preceding, or off following; as, he was seen from afar; I saw him afar off..
Interchangeable :: Interchangeable (a.) Following each other in alternate succession; as, the four interchangeable seasons..
Following :: Following (n.) One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following in a train; succeeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years..
Preceding :: Preceding (a.) In the direction toward which stars appear to move. See Following, 2..
Enough :: Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs..
Alternation :: Alternation (n.) The reciprocal succession of things in time or place; the act of following and being followed by turns; alternate succession, performance, or occurrence; as, the alternation of day and night, cold and heat, summer and winter, hope and fear..
Lap :: Lap (n.) In card playing and other games, the points won in excess of the number necessary to complete a game; -- so called when they are counted in the score of the following game..
Ninth :: Ninth (a.) Following the eight and preceding the tenth; coming after eight others.
Sciatica :: Sciatica (n.) Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, an affection characterized by paroxysmal attacks of pain in the buttock, back of the thigh, or in the leg or foot, following the course of the branches of the sciatic nerve. The name is also popularly applied to various painful affections of the hip and the parts adjoining it. See Ischiadic passion, under Ischiadic..
Jubilee :: "Jubilee (n.) Every fiftieth year, being the year following the completion of each seventh sabbath of years, at which time all the slaves of Hebrew blood were liberated, and all lands which had been alienated during the whole period reverted to their former owners..
Augustinian :: Augustinian (n.) One of a class of divines, who, following St. Augustine, maintain that grace by its nature is effectual absolutely and creatively, not relatively and conditionally..
Literal :: Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.
Syncopation :: Syncopate (v. t.) To commence, as a tone, on an unaccented part of a measure, and continue it into the following accented part, so that the accent is driven back upon the weak part and the rhythm drags..
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