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following en · ADJ

Pronunciation

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈfɒləɪn/ (Northumbria)
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, follow + -ing.

Meanings

(not-comparable) Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
- 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. 1835, Sir John Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a North-west Passage …, Volume 1, pages 284–5:
- See the following section.
(not-comparable) About to be specified.
- The following words have no definition[…]
(not-comparable, of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel, as opposed to headwind; downwind.
- The following wind sped us on our way.

Translations (79)

ar تَالٍ (next in sequence or time) · de folgend (next in sequence or time) · pdt näakjst (next in sequence or time) · bg сле́ден (about to be specified) · la deinceps (next in sequence or time) · el ακόλουθος (next in sequence or time) · es próximo (about to be specified) · bg сле́дващ (next in sequence or time) · el εξής (about to be specified) · hu alábbi (about to be specified) · el κάτωθι (next in sequence or time) · ca següent (next in sequence or time) · ru попу́тный (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · sk nasledujúci (next in sequence or time) · fr suivant (next in sequence or time) · hu következő (about to be specified) · eo sekvinta (next in sequence or time) · ka შემდგომი (about to be specified) · pl następny (next in sequence or time) · hy հաջորդ (next in sequence or time) · grc ἀκόλουθος (next in sequence or time) · la posterus (next in sequence or time) · da påfølgende (next in sequence or time) · fi seuraava (about to be specified) · fr ci-après (about to be specified) · bo གཤམ་གསལ (about to be specified) · ota تالی (next in sequence or time) · nb følgende (next in sequence or time) · de nachstehend (about to be specified) · cmn 下列 (next in sequence or time) · de anschließend (next in sequence or time) · mk следен (next in sequence or time) · hy հետևյալ (about to be specified) · sv följande (next in sequence or time) · ka შემდეგი (about to be specified) · is eftirfarandi (about to be specified) · de folgend (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · tr sonraki (about to be specified) · es siguiente (about to be specified) · el ούριος (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · fr suivant (about to be specified) · sv påföljande (next in sequence or time) · ca següent (about to be specified) · fr favorable (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · da næste (about to be specified) · ia sequente (next in sequence or time) · fi myötäinen (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · pt seguinte (next in sequence or time) · tr ertesi (next in sequence or time) · tr müteakkip (about to be specified) · la sequens (next in sequence or time) · ar التَّالِي (next in sequence or time) · ja 次のもの (about to be specified) · bo རྗེས་མ (next in sequence or time) · it seguente (next in sequence or time) · uk насту́пний (next in sequence or time) · cmn 下 (next in sequence or time) · eo sekvanta (next in sequence or time) · pt seguinte (about to be specified) · nb følgende (about to be specified) · de nachstehend (next in sequence or time) · fi seuraava (next in sequence or time) · eo sekva (next in sequence or time) · hu következő (next in sequence or time) · ru сле́дующий (about to be specified) · pl następujący (next in sequence or time) · de folgend (about to be specified) · es siguiente (next in sequence or time) · da næste (next in sequence or time) · hy հետևյալ (next in sequence or time) · be насту́пны (next in sequence or time) · da følgende (next in sequence or time) · nl volgende (next in sequence or time) · eo jena (about to be specified) · cs následující (next in sequence or time) · ru сле́дующий (next in sequence or time) · bg попъ́тен (wind blowing in the direction of travel) · el ακόλουθος (about to be specified) · nb påfølgende (next in sequence or time)

following en · ADP

Pronunciation

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈfɒləɪn/ (Northumbria)
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, follow + -ing.

Meanings

(proscribed, sometimes) After, subsequent to.
- We published our findings following a thorough review of others' earlier reports.
- Following the meeting, we all had a chat.
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.

Antonyms

prior to · before

Synonyms

per

Translations (20)

sv efter (subsequent to) · de nach (subsequent to) · fr après (subsequent to) · arz بعد (subsequent to) · pl w ślad za (subsequent to) · el κατόπιν (subsequent to) · da efter (subsequent to) · eo sekvante (subsequent to) · pl automatem (subsequent to) · pl z automatu (subsequent to) · ar بَعْد (subsequent to) · ka შემდეგ (subsequent to) · de folgend (subsequent to) · fr à la suite de (subsequent to) · el ακολούθως (subsequent to) · ka შემდგომ (subsequent to) · pl automatycznie (subsequent to) · fr postérieurement à (subsequent to) · fi jälkeen (subsequent to) · bg след (subsequent to)

following en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈfɒləɪn/ (Northumbria)
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, follow + -ing.

Meanings

A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
- He had a loyal following.
- Mikayla has 14.4 million followers on TikTok and it is growing every day, and she has accumulated over one billion likes on the app. She also has 2.5 million followers on Instagram. Both her followings accumulate to an impressive 16.9, almost 17 million followers. 2023 January 31, Katelyn Mensah, “Who is Mikayla Nogueira? The beauty TikToker whose face and eyelashes are all over your FYP”, in The Tab, archived from the original on 31 Jan 2023:
- And White Hart Lane was stunned when Rovers scored just five minutes after the restart in front of their away following. 2011 September 29, Jon Smith, “Tottenham 3 - 1 Shamrock Rovers”, in BBC Sport:
- Move Forward, which has built a strong following among young people, appeared to have outperformed expectations. 2023 May 14, Rebecca Ratcliffe, Thitipol Panyalimpanun, “Opposition parties take lead in Thai election”, in The Guardian:
Vocation; business; profession.
(qualifier:treated as singular or plural, with-definite-article) 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.
(qualifier:social media) An account which is followed.
- 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. 2020, Jay Janzee, Don’t Get Too Close, Pittsburgh, Pa.: RoseDog Books, →ISBN, page 79:
- A follower can follow any other users and receive any kind of tweets from his or her followings. 2017, Konglin Zhu, Xiaoming Fu, Wenzhong Li, Sanglu Lu, Jan Nagler, “Population Growth in Online Social Networks”, in Xiaoming Fu, Jar-Der Luo, Margarete Boos, editors, Social Network Analysis: Interdisciplinary Approaches and Case Studies, CRC Press, →ISBN, section 3 (The Data), subsection 1 (Three Online Social Networks):
- 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. 2014, Zhengbiao Guo, Zhitang Li, Hao Tu, Da Xie, “Weibo: An Information-Driven Online Social Network”, in Marina L.Gavrilova, C.J. Kenneth Tan, editors, Transactions on Computational Science XXII (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; 8360), Springer, →ISBN, part I (Neural and Social Networks), page 6:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
followings	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

follower

Deriveds

cult following

Descendants

фолло́винг · 팔로잉

Translations (20)

fr mouvance (a group of followers) · ru аудито́рия (a group of followers) · bg свита (a group of followers) · grc ἀκολουθία (a group of followers) · el κοινό (a group of followers) · hu alábbiak (a thing or things to be mentioned immediately after) · sv anhängare (a group of followers) · de Gefolge (a group of followers) · de Gefolgschaft (a group of followers) · de Anhängerschaft (a group of followers) · de Fangemeinde (a group of followers) · fi kannattajakunta (a group of followers) · el συνοδεία (a group of followers) · ru фолло́винг (an account which is followed) · de Anhänger (a group of followers) · da følge (a group of followers) · sv följe (a group of followers) · eo adeptaro (a group of followers) · el ακολουθία (a group of followers) · ko 팔로잉 (an account which is followed)

following en · VERB

Pronunciation

/ˈfɒləʊɪŋ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
/ˈfɒləɪn/ (Northumbria)
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/ (General-American)
(US) audio

Etymology

By surface analysis, follow + -ing.

Meanings

(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of follow
form of follow