Definition of following

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Following (a.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the earth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding..

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Pooping :: Pooping (n.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
Attendant :: Attendant (v. t.) Accompanying, connected with, or immediately following, as consequential; consequent; as, intemperance with all its attendant evils..
Oblique :: Oblique (a.) Not direct in descent; not following the line of father and son; collateral.
Minor :: Minor (n.) The minor term, that is, the subject of the conclusion; also, the minor premise, that is, that premise which contains the minor term; in hypothetical syllogisms, the categorical premise. It is the second proposition of a regular syllogism, as in the following: Every act of injustice partakes of meanness; to take money from another by gaming is an act of injustice; therefore, the taking of money from another by gaming partakes of meanness..
Ensuable :: Ensuable (a.) Ensuing; following.
Cygnus :: Cygnus (n.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan..
Ready :: Ready (superl.) On the point; about; on the brink; near; -- with a following infinitive.
Seafaring :: Seafaring (a.) Following the business of a mariner; as, a seafaring man..
Sequential :: Sequential (a.) Succeeding or following in order.
Monday :: Monday (n.) The second day of the week; the day following Sunday.
Nineteenth :: Nineteenth (a.) Following the eighteenth and preceding the twentieth; coming after eighteen others.
Good :: Good (adv.) Well, -- especially in the phrase as good, with a following as expressed or implied; equally well with as much advantage or as little harm as possible..
Which :: Which (pron.) A relative pronoun, used esp. in referring to an antecedent noun or clause, but sometimes with reference to what is specified or implied in a sentence, or to a following noun or clause (generally involving a reference, however, to something which has preceded). It is used in all numbers and genders, and was formerly used of persons..
Consectary :: Consectary (a.) Following by consequence; consequent; deducible.
Literal :: Literal (a.) Following the letter or exact words; not free.
Prior :: Prior (a.) Preceding in the order of time; former; antecedent; anterior; previous; as, a prior discovery; prior obligation; -- used elliptically in cases like the following: he lived alone [in the time] prior to his marriage..
Consecutive :: Consecutive (a.) Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.
Huddle :: Huddle (v. t.) To do, make, or put, in haste or roughly; hence, to do imperfectly; -- usually with a following preposition or adverb; as, to huddle on; to huddle up; to huddle together..
Second :: Second (a.) Immediately following the first; next to the first in order of place or time; hence, occuring again; another; other..
So :: So (adv.) In like manner or degree; in the same way; thus; for like reason; whith equal reason; -- used correlatively, following as, to denote comparison or resemblance; sometimes, also, following inasmuch as..
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