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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Consecution :: Consecution (n.) A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence..
Track :: Track (v. t.) To follow the tracks or traces of; to pursue by following the marks of the feet; to trace; to trail; as, to track a deer in the snow..
Pass :: Pass (v. i.) To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal phrase defining the kind or manner of motion; as, to pass on, by, out, in, etc.; to pass swiftly, directly, smoothly, etc.; to pass to the rear, under the yoke, over the bridge, across the field, beyond the border, etc..
Enough :: Enough (a.) Satisfying desire; giving content; adequate to meet the want; sufficient; -- usually, and more elegantly, following the noun to which it belongs..
Bump :: Bump (n.) The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following.
Inclining :: Inclining (n.) Party or side chosen; a following.
To :: To (prep.) In a very general way, and with innumerable varieties of application, to connects transitive verbs with their remoter or indirect object, and adjectives, nouns, and neuter or passive verbs with a following noun which limits their action. Its sphere verges upon that of for, but it contains less the idea of design or appropriation; as, these remarks were addressed to a large audience; let us keep this seat to ourselves; a substance sweet to the taste; an event painful to the mind; duty
Saturday :: Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Rotatory :: Rotatory (a.) Going in a circle; following in rotation or succession; as, rotatory assembles..
Supralapsarian :: Supralapsarian (n.) One of that class of Calvinists who believed that God's decree of election determined that man should fall, in order that the opportunity might be furnished of securing the redemption of a part of the race, the decree of salvation being conceived of as formed before or beyond, and not after or following, the lapse, or fall. Cf. Infralapsarian..
Next :: Next (superl.) Adjoining in a series; immediately preceding or following in order.
Piece :: Piece (n.) A musket, gun, or cannon; as, a battery of six pieces; a following piece..
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..
Tenebrae :: Tenebrae (n.) The matins and lauds for the last three days of Holy Week, commemorating the sufferings and death of Christ, -- usually sung on the afternoon or evening of Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, instead of on the following days..
Following :: Following (n.) Vocation; business; profession.
Following :: Following (a.) Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day..
Seafaring :: Seafaring (a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man..
Tautology :: Tautology (n.) A repetition of the same meaning in different words; needless repetition of an idea in different words or phrases; a representation of anything as the cause, condition, or consequence of itself, as in the following lines: --//The dawn is overcast, the morning lowers,/And heavily in clouds brings on the day. Addison..
Get :: Get (v. i.) To arrive at, or bring one's self into, a state, condition, or position; to come to be; to become; -- with a following adjective or past participle belonging to the subject of the verb; as, to get sober; to get awake; to get beaten; to get elected..
Consectaneous :: Consectaneous (a.) Following as a matter of course.
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