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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
following
I.adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
devoted following
▪ The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers.
following the dictates of
▪ teenagers following the dictates of fashion
following...lines
▪ The police are following several different lines of enquiry.
immediately after/following sth
▪ He retired immediately after the end of the war.
the following chapters (=the ones after this one)
▪ The following chapters will explore this issue.
the following month (=the next month)
▪ By the following month he had raised over £400.
the following week
▪ She booked another appointment for the following week.
the following weekend
▪ The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
the following year
▪ The following year he was made captain of the team.
the next morning/the following morning
▪ His meeting was not until the next morning.
the next/the following day (=the day after something happened in the past)
▪ The story was in the newspaper the following day.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
afternoon
▪ But it wasn't till after school the following afternoon that I found time to go.
▪ Laura was sent for, and arrived back in London the following afternoon.
▪ And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
▪ After school the following afternoon, Alf Norris and I made a beeline to see the damage.
▪ But the following afternoon, one of them is brought back, drunk, shrieking, insulting everyone in sight.
▪ Violence continued into the following afternoon and evening; petrol bombs were thrown and shops looted.
▪ The following afternoon we flew inland in the Valentia, which was used to deliver mail.
▪ Our chance came the following afternoon.
case
▪ Consider the following case decided by the House of Lords on the construction of the Factories Act.
▪ The interplay of these factors is illustrated by the following case studies.
▪ These principles are clearly illustrated in the following case.
▪ The answer is given in the following case.
▪ The role of the courts in the constitution was further elucidated in the following cases.
▪ This can be illustrated by the following case.
▪ The following case summary illustrates a situation where this was necessary.
chapter
▪ The subject is covered in detail in the following chapter.
▪ We describe some of these variations in the following chapters.
▪ These duties are discussed fully in detail in the following chapters.
▪ The following chapters explain in general the opportunities open to you in an average agency.
▪ The issue is sufficiently important to justify separate treatment in the following chapter.
▪ In the following chapters we discuss possible ways of reducing the number of word strings.
▪ Many of these aspects are looked at in the following chapters.
▪ In the following chapter, we shall use relatively short passages for exemplifying the analysis of prose style.
day
▪ As they work, roughs are pinned to the wall where they remain until the following day.
▪ On the following day doctors and medical personnel announced an indefinite strike, which was promptly declared illegal.
▪ Their van was found at Manchester Airport the following day and the couple were never seen again.
▪ They will be on the long road home on the following day, and few could afford to fly.
▪ On the following day the jury signed a verdict that the 1277 perambulation still set forth the true bounds.
evening
▪ His acceptance speech, made on the following evening, was well delivered but generally perceived as lacking in detail.
▪ They left the hospital in the morning, and they didn't reach the village until the following evening.
▪ Her mutilated body was discovered the following evening.
▪ You made a date with her for half seven the following evening and she was thrilled.
▪ As it was, she steamed from Liverpool that night and was with John the following evening.
▪ With every evidence of cordiality and goodwill, she invited them both round for supper the following evening.
▪ The following evening he went to a different wine bar and bought drinks for two different young women.
example
▪ The following example shows this working.
▪ The following examples illustrate the type of situation that could call for the utmost in tact and diplomacy.
▪ The following example illustrates the problems involved here.
▪ An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example.
▪ The children in the following example were using a collection of beads, and their teacher decided to initiate an activity.
▪ The following example of horse jading happened in Suffolk just after the First World War.
▪ The following example illustrates how the party rules operate in practice.
information
▪ The following information has been provided by the Department of Transport.
▪ It is interesting to note the following information from the current top 50 on the world ranking list.
▪ Companies must comply with the Companies Act 1985 and display the following information on their stationery: The company's name.
▪ We seek the following information about such a chain. 1.
▪ From the following information write up his account as it would appear in the books of the hotel: 3.
▪ The following information specifies all the keywords of a module header, and the required and optional user-supplied information.
month
▪ The following month he publicly waived the death sentence hanging over the organizers of the second coup attempt of 1983.
▪ Answers to each part of the competition will be printed the following month.
▪ During the following months we started to distribute basic medical material to dispensaries, health centres, and hospitals in a few districts.
▪ A beginner starts with about 25 push-ups and then gradually over the following months builds the count up to 100.
▪ Mr Elton - then principal executive director - left the following month.
▪ During the following months the School managed to carry on, but the atmosphere must have been one of great despondency.
▪ The exhibition moves on to the National Gallery, Washington, the following month.
▪ The following month 14 fans were injured when Feyenoord fans threw fragmentation bombs at Ajax supporters at a game in Amsterdam.
morning
▪ On the following morning a number of soundings were taken.
▪ A hornet arrived the following morning, loose-jointed, like a gunslinger.
▪ The following morning she was struck with a heavy fever and by the end of the day she was stone deaf.
▪ I sleep easily, rising before ten the following morning, to post my letter.
▪ The following morning, as I arrived at work, the watchman was waiting for me.
▪ The following morning we set off for Verona.
▪ Owing to shortage of medical staff, the post-mortem was not carried out until the following morning.
▪ Mrs Chapman accepted my offer the following morning.
page
▪ The charts: The charts on the following pages show the Pharmacy responses compared to those for the Unit as a whole.
▪ Their voices can be heard throughout the following pages, where I refer to them consistently by name.
▪ The following pages of Charts are designed to help you select a mortgage lender.
▪ Each has its good points, and each its disadvantages, as discussed on the following pages.
▪ On the following page are some examples of games played from the Child ego-state.
▪ See the following pages for detailed reports of the Division's progress.
▪ The nurse's main responsibilities with regard to breathing are set out in the following pages.
▪ When I write about secondary education, then, in the following pages, I shall have in mind comprehensive schools.
points
▪ The following points should be borne in mind: 1.
▪ A Hunslet director made the following points in last nights T &038; A: - 1.
▪ If you have, it is wise to consider the following points before spending any money on computer equipment.
▪ The oil may be leaking from the following points.
▪ Before dealing with the meaning of that term the following points should be noted in connection with s743.
▪ It would seem many misunderstood the form and responded to the following points as if they were under the heading of organisation.
▪ The following points will help you develop a good writing style.
question
▪ The following question can now be posed.
▪ The following questions must therefore be asked: To what extent are the real planning implications of curriculum development realised?
▪ Look at the different requirements and forms of assessment in the following questions.
▪ Consider this as simply a very close and enjoyable relationship in order to answer the following question.
▪ Now answer the following questions: Question 1 List subjective comments given about John and any other family member.
▪ To enter this super contest simply answer the following question and state which hand-held you would like to win.
table
▪ The finding of an undated Command Paper may give trouble unless the following table is known.
▪ This is confirmed by the following table of world-class champions and contenders from middle-class backgrounds.
▪ The following table shows how many litres of petrol per 100 passenger kilometres different modes of transport consume.
▪ The following table shows how beautifully this theory fits the facts.
▪ In the following tables the dimensions of the card subjects are in millimetres.
▪ The relationship between the par yields, spot yields and forward rates is given in the following table.
▪ The following table represents the valid changes that can be made to the Mark character.
way
▪ It modifies the scenario of gravitational collapse in the following way.
▪ The project will build upon existing knowledge in the following ways.
▪ Liz suggested the following ways of dealing with her problems. 1.
▪ We modify Assumption 5 in the following way to take this into account.
▪ Althusser synthesises these two statements in the following way.
▪ Section 6 has been interpreted in the following ways.
▪ Product of choice is an acid cleaner with good detergency properties used in the following way. 1.
▪ In general terms, the distinction between education and training can be formulated in the following way.
week
▪ All being well, that should be at home to Genoa the following week.
▪ We made a date for the following week.
▪ Plenary sessions involving all four parties were planned for the following week.
▪ I asked the couple, during the following week, to write down separately what each would expect of marriage.
▪ Finally she agreed to meet him for lunch the following week, and they agreed a time and a place.
▪ But he almost always gave the defendant a second chance, and sent him a second summons to appear the following week.
year
▪ Not until the following year was the stone-built Legation completed, which houses the Embassy today.
▪ While taxation was not greatly increased for the tax year 1993/4, people will suffer from measures introduced the following year.
▪ The following year, the local middle classes organised the new Bonfire Societies and controlled popular effervescence became a tourist attraction.
▪ Cooper won the 1988 Madrid Open and finished in the top 20 on the money-list the following year.
▪ By the Nürburgring, Niki had told Ron Dennis he wouldn't be racing the following year.
▪ The following year had left her with little enough time for dreams, let alone nightmares.
▪ The graduate assignments the following year were reportedly very disappointing, with a disproportionate number being sent to rural areas.
years
▪ The following years saw a decline in local music production so far as commercial recording was concerned.
▪ The larger unincorporated industrial towns could petition for incorporation under this Act and many did so over the following years.
▪ A similar fate befell other proposals over the following years.
▪ During the following years, the mill lost its agricultural links and became a substantial iron and wire works.
▪ In the first year, £3,000 can be invested and up to £1,800 in the following years until you reach the maximum.
▪ During the following years, Lower Mill was damaged by fire and a house eventually built on its site.
▪ Two further very successful fetes were held in following years.
▪ The success of that initial project has encouraged the establishment of similar schemes in following years.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The following day she woke up with a splitting headache.
▪ They agreed to meet the following week in the Cafe Rouge.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ But if full moon occurs on a Sunday then Easter Day is the following Sunday.
▪ In the following year, the employer built a new factory principally to make equipment to meet the latest contract.
▪ The following editing keys are available when the single line editor is active.
▪ The following sections expand on a few stories that seem like more fun than just a sentence or two would show.
▪ The following two case studies show how the expressive form of the home extends to different types of household.
▪ The choice of electricians or estate-agents in the elliptical clause affected the plausibility of its interpretation in the following way.
▪ The last two goals are the most important, and we shall consider them further in the following sections.
II.noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
large
▪ Then the Lady Garsinde and Bernard le Velu arrived, accompanied by an even larger following.
▪ Devout Hindus, with large religious followings, signed that statement.
▪ Specialization in weaponry has attracted a large following in the West.
■ VERB
build
▪ His Big Night Out programme on Channel 4 has built up a cult following.
▪ An innovative programme of promotions, based on the themes of connoisseurship and discovery, has built a solid following.
▪ How far Gloucester built up a local following is unclear.
▪ His style was light and friendly; in no time he had built up a big following among the viewers.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ I was playing in clubs and I'd gotten a following there.
▪ In both states, O'Reilly has a loyal following among hard-line conservatives.
▪ The civil rights movement attracted a large following in the northern cities.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ He was hampered by his Catholic sympathies, his inadequate local following, and his lack of independent political weight at court.
▪ There were those who promoted the idea much earlier, but they had a limited following.
▪ U-Roy, a toaster with only a modest following in Britain, was selling 100,000 copies of each release in Lagos.
III.preposition
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ There will be time for questions following the lecture.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Following

Follow \Fol"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.][OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg[=e]n, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. f["o]lja, Dan. f["o]lge, and perh. to E. folk.]

  1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend.

    It waves me forth again; I'll follow it.
    --Shak.

  2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute.

    I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them.
    --Ex. xiv. 17.

  3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice.

    Approve the best, and follow what I approve.
    --Milton.

    Follow peace with all men.
    --Heb. xii. 1

  4. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites.
    --J. Edwards.

    4. To copy after; to take as an example.

    We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love.
    --Hooker.

  5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

  6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

  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.

    He followed with his eyes the flitting shade.
    --Dryden.

  8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling.

    O, had I but followed the arts!
    --Shak.

    O Antony! I have followed thee to this.
    --Shak.

    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.

Following

Following \Fol"low*ing\, n.

  1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
    --Macaulay.

  2. Vocation; business; profession.

Following

Following \Fol"low*ing\, a.

  1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

  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.

    Note: The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
following

late 14c., "action of following, an act of following," verbal noun from follow (v.). Meaning "a body of disciples or retainers" is from mid-15c.; Old English used folgoð in this sense.

Wiktionary
following

a. 1 Coming next, either in sequence or in time. 2 About to be specified. 3 (context of a wind English) blowing in the direction of travel. n. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. prep. after, subsequent to.

WordNet
following
  1. adj. 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]

  2. in the desired direction; "a following wind" [syn: following(a)]

  3. immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list" [syn: next]

  4. about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items" [syn: following(a), undermentioned]

  5. n. a group of followers or enthusiasts [syn: followers]

  6. 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]

Wikipedia
Following (song)

"Following" is a song by American pop band The Bangles. The acoustic ballad carries vocals by Michael Steele, who composed the song. In 1987 Following was the fifth and final single released off their album Different Light (1986).

Following (disambiguation)

Following is a 1998 British neo-noir film directed by Christopher Nolan. Following may also refer to:

  • Cult following, a group of fans who are highly dedicated to a specific area of pop culture
Following (solitaire)

Following is a solitaire card game which uses a deck of playing cards. It is so called because a player has to follow a rotation of suits. It was first described in the book "Games of Patience" by M. Whitemore Jones and has since seen in the book Games for One and at least two computer solitaire packages.

At the onset, one has to lay six cards in a row; this will compose the tableau. Like any solitaire game, the object is to remove the aces and build them up to kings. The catch of this game is the rotation of suits that the player must remember: A Club must be placed over a Heart, a Diamond over a Club, a Spade on a Diamond, and a Heart on a Spade. This rule applies to both the foundations and the tableau.

Building on the tableau is down, provided that the rotation of suits described above is followed. An entire sequence in any length can be moved, again retaining the rotation of suits. When the cards in the tableau are not sufficient for building, the stock is dealt one card at a time onto a wastepile. The top card of the wastepile can be used to build on the tableau and the foundations. Once the stock is used up, the wastepile is picked up to become the new stock. This can be done only once in the game. Also, spaces in the tableau can be filled up with any card, whether it is from one of the cards already in the tableau, the top card of the wastepile, or the next card from the stock.

The game ends soon after the stock runs out the second time. The game is won when all cards are built into the foundations, with the King of a foundation pile being the same suit as the Ace that started the pile.

See also: solitaire terminology

Following

Following is a 1998 British neo-noir crime drama film written and directed by Christopher Nolan. It tells the story of a young man who follows strangers around the streets of London and is drawn into a criminal underworld when he fails to keep his distance.

As Christopher Nolan's debut feature, it was designed to be as inexpensive as possible to make. Scenes were heavily rehearsed so that just one or two takes were needed to economise on 16 mm film stock, the production's greatest expense; and for which Nolan was paying from his salary. Unable to afford expensive professional lighting equipment, Nolan mostly used available light. Along with writing, directing, and photographing the film, Nolan also helped in editing and production.

Usage examples of "following".

Judge must sentence her to an abjuration of all heresy, on pain of the punishment for backsliders, together with the perpetual penance, in the following manner.

Lead truck following Aby, rolling down to the fatal turn, where the woods came near the road.

The Abies children would be turned over to their maternal grandparents following a nutritious meal, routine physical and psychological examinations, and subsequent individual questioning.

Then calling on the name of Allah, he gave a last keen cunning sweep with the blade, and following that, the earth awfully quaked and groaned, as if speaking in the abysmal tongue the Mastery of the Event to all men.

Lowbacca warned that the corvettes coming from Myrkr were accelerating and spreading out, and the half-dozen vessels they had been following were turning toward the cruiser.

Much useful comparative information was obtained during the following minute of suspended ecstasy, during which the female tongues parted into thousands of fine tentacles, exploring every accessible cavity of the male bodies.

I replied, following her steps, that I presumed they had been placed there to impose on fools, or to excite the laughter of those acquainted with history.

If the Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that States cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of acquiescing in, adopting, and following such decision as a rule of political action?

Supreme Court of the United States shall decide that the States cannot exclude slavery from their limits, are you in favor of acquiescing in, adhering to, and following such decision as a rule of political action?

The Supreme Court held that there was ample evidence to support the verdict and that the trial court, in following Arkansas procedure, had acted consistently with the Federal Conformity Act.

I have heard the following particulars: Gaetan-Joseph-Jacques left his family, madly in love with an actress named Fragoletta, who performed the chambermaids.

Whether natural selection has really thus acted in nature, in modifying and adapting the various forms of life to their several conditions and stations, must be judged of by the general tenour and balance of evidence given in the following chapters.

In a way, the adjective following the noun is treated as an extension of the noun proper, and so the case ending is added at the end of the whole phrase.

Lord John Russell simply moved that the house at its rising should adjourn to the Monday following.

On the following day both houses of parliament adjourned to the 16th of January.