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Meaning of following

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  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}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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