following
following is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Vocation; business; profession.
- 2.Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
- 3.(Astron.) (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth'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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- after
- afterbirth
- afterwards
- alternate
- amoebean
- append
- behind
- close
- come
- coming
- consecution
- consecutive
- consequent
- continuation
- continuity
- date
- eftsoons
- ensue
- follow
- from
- future
- futurity
- going
- inferiority
- into
- later
- latter
- moment
- next
- occur
- order
- period
- place
- placenta
- postdiluvial
- postdiluvian
- posterior
- posteriority
- posthumous
- postnate
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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