following
about to be mentioned or specified
How often you will meet it
Rank 667 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 28,540 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.014% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- about to be mentioned or specified also: undermentioned the following items
- immediately following in time or order also: next the following daynext in line
- going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a paradetried to outrun the following footsteps
- in the desired direction a following wind
noun
- a group of followers or enthusiasts also: followers
- the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture also: pursuit, chase, pursual the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit
following in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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So she, following the example of Lucy, wished to sell everything that she might give.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Your silkworm used to fast every third day, and the next following spins the better.
The White Devil · John Webster · Chapter 1
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During the following week not a day passed without the receipt of that accursed cutting from some new extract company.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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Then, following the curve of the Desert, he turned north and settled on a tree-top in the Kingdom of Noland.
The Magic of Oz · L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum · Chapter 1
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Special attention is | | called to the following grades, as being better suited for | | business purposes than any Pen manufactured.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1