Following
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[1913 Webster] It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. --J. Edwards. [1913 Webster] 4. To copy after; to take as an example. [1913 Webster] We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. --Hooker. [1913 Webster] 5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office. [1913 Webster] 6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise. [1913 Webster] 7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. [1913 Webster] He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. [1913 Webster] O, had I but followed the arts! --Shak. [1913 Webster] O Antony! I have followed thee to this. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Follow board (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. --Knight. To follow the hounds, to hunt with dogs. To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set. To follow up, to pursue indefatigably. Syn: Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. Usage: - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison. [1913 Webster] Following \Fol"low*ing\, n. 1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster] 2. Vocation; business; profession. [1913 Webster] Following \Fol"low*ing\, a. 1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) (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. [1913 Webster] Note: The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding. [1913 Webster]  following adj 1: about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items" [syn: following(a), undermentioned] 2: immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: following, next] 3: going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction; "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps" [ant: leading] 4: in the desired direction; "a following wind" n 1: a group of followers or enthusiasts [syn: following, followers] 2: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit" [syn: pursuit, chase, pursual, following]  following [fɔlouiŋ] anschließend; folgend; folgende  following [fɔlouiŋ] adhérents; parti suivant adhérents; parti; suite prochain; suivant  following alábbi hajszolás hivatás hívek kíséret következô követés követôk párthívek utánakövetkezô üldözés  following partito, seguito seguente  following [fɔlouiŋ] gruponãoorganizado seguinte  following [fɔlouiŋ] partido consecutivo; siguiente; sucesivo partido próximo; entrante  following [fɔlouiŋ] anhang  following [fɔlouiŋ] nesaf  (f.) 1. (kıs.) feminine, fine, fluid, folio, following, franc, frequency. ff 1. (kıs.) folios, following, fortissimo.  following Gefolgschaft f following anschließend; folgend; darauf folgend; darauffolgend [alt] adj following befolgend following folgend; verfolgend; beachtend following nachfolgend following nachfolgend adj following nachstellend following unten stehend following : f., foll. anschließend, folgend : anschl., folg. following : foll. folgend(e) : folg. following in Anlehnung an  208 Moby Thesaurus words for "following": adherent, after, afterlife, alike, aped, appendage, appendant, attendance, attendant, audience, behind, below, body of retainers, buff, bugging, cadet, cavaliere servente, chase, clientage, clientele, cloak-and-dagger work, cohort, coming, coming after, consecution, consecutive, consecutiveness, consequent, consequential, consimilar, continuation, continuity, copied, copying, cortege, counterespionage, counterfeit, counterfeiting, counterintelligence, court, courtier, cynegetic, dangler, deducible, dependent, derivable, derivational, derivative, descent, disciple, dogging, electronic surveillance, emulation, ensuing, entourage, ersatz, espial, espionage, extension, fake, fakery, fan, favoring, final, fishing, flunky, follow, follow-up, follower, forgery, future time, halieutic, hanger-on, hangover, henchman, hit-off, homme de cour, homogeneous, hue and cry, hunting, identical, imitated, imitation, impersonation, imposture, impression, in full cry, in hot pursuit, in pursuit, infenible, intelligence, intelligence work, junior, lateness, later, like, line, lineage, lineal, logical sequence, military intelligence, mimesis, mimicked, mirroring, mock, nearly reproduced, next, next life, not unlike, observation, onomatopoeia, order, order of succession, parasite, parody, partisan, phony, piscatorial, piscatory, plagiarism, plagiary, postdate, postdating, posterior, posteriority, postposition, postpositional, postpositive, procession, progression, prolongation, prosecution, provenience, proximate, public, puisne, pursuance, pursuant, pursuer, pursuing, pursuit, pursuivant, quest, questing, remainder, repetition, resembling, resultant, resulting, retinue, rotation, rout, satellite, searching, secret police, secret service, sectary, seeking, sequacious, sequence, sequent, sequential, series, shadow, shadowing, similar, simulated, simulation, since, smacking of, something like, spying, stakeout, stalking, stooge, subjunction, subsequence, subsequent, subsequent to, succeeding, succession, successive, successiveness, successor, suffixation, suffixed, suggestive of, suite, supervenience, supervention, supporter, surveillance, synthetic, tagtail, tail, tailing, takeoff, tracking, tracking down, trailing, train, trainbearer, uniform with, votary, ward heeler, wiretap, wiretapping, younger Following related |
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