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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Pursuit :: Pursuit (v. t.) The act of following or going after; esp., a following with haste, either for sport or in hostility; chase; prosecution; as, the pursuit of game; the pursuit of an enemy..
Each :: Each (a. / a. pron.) Every one of the two or more individuals composing a number of objects, considered separately from the rest. It is used either with or without a following noun; as, each of you or each one of you..
Whittuesday :: Whittuesday (n.) The day following Whitmonday; -- called also Whitsun Tuesday.
Inclining :: Inclining (n.) Party or side chosen; a following.
Saturday :: Saturday (n.) The seventh or last day of the week; the day following Friday and preceding Sunday.
Provection :: Provection (n.) A carrying forward, as of a final letter, to a following word; as, for example, a nickname for an ekename..
After-dinner :: After-dinner (a.) Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap..
Permian :: Permian (a.) Belonging or relating to the period, and also to the formation, next following the Carboniferous, and regarded as closing the Carboniferous age and Paleozoic era..
Consequential :: Consequential (a.) Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequent..
Hereinafter :: Hereinafter (adv.) In the following part of this (writing, document, speech, and the like)..
After :: After (prep.) Moving toward from behind; following, in search of; in pursuit of..
Alliteration :: Alliteration (n.) The repetition of the same letter at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each other, or at short intervals; as in the following lines: -.
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..
Table :: Table (n.) Any collection and arrangement in a condensed form of many particulars or values, for ready reference, as of weights, measures, currency, specific gravities, etc.; also, a series of numbers following some law, and expressing particular values corresponding to certain other numbers on which they depend, and by means of which they are taken out for use in computations; as, tables of logarithms, sines, tangents, squares, cubes, etc.; annuity tables; interest tables; astronomical tables,
Morrow :: Morrow (n.) The day following the present; to-morrow.
Bodyguard :: Bodyguard (n.) Retinue; attendance; following.
Subsellia :: Subsecutive (a.) Following in a train or succession.
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..
Forerun :: Forerun (v. t.) To turn before; to precede; to be in advance of (something following).
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