following1 adjectivefollowing2 nounfollowing3 preposition
followingfol‧low‧ing1 /ˈfɒləʊɪŋ $ ˈfɑːloʊ-/ ●●● S3 W1 adjective 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- The following day she woke up with a splitting headache.
- They agreed to meet the following week in the Cafe Rouge.
- 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.
THESAURUS
happening or existing at some time in the future after something or someone else: · We will discuss this at a later time.· Later historians have cast doubt on the truth of his story.· They say that they may need to review the case at a later stage.
happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writing: · He resigned the following year.· The following day he was back to normal.· Gandhi 's attitude to religion is dealt with in the following chapter.
likely to happen or exist at some time in the future: · What influence will this have on future developments?
formal happening or coming at some time after something else: · a subsequent decision by the Supreme Court· Subsequent events proved him wrong.· In subsequent years, the number of patients became smaller and smaller.
coming after someone or something else – used about a series of groups of people, periods of time, or parts of a book: · His work was admired by succeeding generations.· Over the succeeding months, the stitches were carefully removed.· These problems are further discussed in the succeeding chapters.
Longman Language Activatorcoming after someone or something else the next person, thing, or time comes just after the one you have just been talking about, or just after the most recent one: · Who was the next president of the United States after Ronald Reagan? · When's the next flight to Miami?the next day/week/month/year: · I finished my classes on the 5th, and the next day I went home to Cleveland.next Thursday/week/August etc (=the one after this Thursday, this week, this August etc): · Next week I'm going on a training course in Seaford.
: the day after/the Saturday after/the week after etc the day etc that comes after the time or event that you are talking about: · Helen arrived on July 20th and I arrived the week after.· The party's not this Thursday but the Thursday after.· The weather changed the morning after we arrived.· I felt rather tired the day after the party.the one after (=the next one): · If we miss the ten o'clock train we'll just have to catch the one after.
: the following day/month/year etc the next day, month etc -- use this when you are describing something that happened in the past: · The following day she woke up with a splitting headache.· They agreed to meet the following week in the Cafe Rouge.
happening some time later , not immediately afterwards: a later date/time/stage etc: · We can sort out the final details at a later stage.in later years/months/centuries etc: · In later centuries Venice lost its former importance and began to go into decline.
formal coming after something you have just mentioned - used especially before plural nouns: · These skills were then handed down to subsequent generations of craftsmen.· Many of Marx's theories were disproved by subsequent events.· The first meeting will be in the City Hall, but all subsequent meetings will be held in the school.
: succeeding weeks/months/years/generations etc in every week, month, year etc that comes after something : · The government started to borrow money in 1961, and the national debt has steadily increased with each succeeding year.· The effects of exposure to atomic radiation at Hiroshima have been passed on to succeeding generations.
formal: the ensuing battle/fight/confusion/panic/days/months etc the battle etc that happens immediately after the events or period of time that you have just mentioned: · Someone shouted 'Fire!' and in the ensuing panic several people were injured.· They met each other several times over the ensuing six months.
: follow-up meeting/visit/interview/treatment etc something that is done after something else in order to check it or make sure that it is successful: · Once you have installed solar heating you will receive regular follow-up visits from our experts.· After each training programme everyone has a follow-up interview with their manager.
: future generations/years/events/work/employees etc the people, years etc that will come in the future: · It is our duty to preserve our culture for future generations.· In future years some of you will regret the decision you have made today.· The company is building apartment buildings for future employees.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry.
(=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry. (=the next month)· By the following month he had raised over £400.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
· She booked another appointment for the following week.
· The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
· The following year he was made captain of the team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· The following points should be borne in mind: 1.· A Hunslet director made the following points in last nights T & 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
· 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.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► a following wind
- And she had returned the following afternoon, carrying Timmy on her hip and the rest of her possessions in a backpack.
- Early the following month a radiant Lucy walked up the aisle on her father's arm.
- Expansion and application of some of those ideas will be pursued in the following chapters.
- I describe experiments making use of this criterion in the following chapter.
- In the following chapters, I emphasize what can be done, not what will be done.
- The receiving company went into liquidation the following month.
- We examine these recurrent themes in the managers' first-year biographies in the following pages.
- An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example.
- But there are alternative ways to teach and learn, as witnessed by the following examples of classrooms of commitment and conviction.
- In each of the following ways tracking hinders rather than helps chil-dren learn: 1.
- In general terms, the distinction between education and training can be formulated in the following way.
- Look at the following examples and compare your answers with them.
- Section 6 has been interpreted in the following ways.
- This can be seen in the following examples.
- This is known as the package index and is obtained in the following way for each package: 1.
WORD FAMILYnounfollowerfollowingadjectivefollowingverbfollow
1the following afternoon/month/page/chapter etc the next afternoon, month etc OPP preceding: He was sick in the evening, but the following day he was better.2the following example/way etc the example, way etc that will be mentioned next: Payment may be made in any of the following ways: cheque, cash, or credit card.3a following wind a wind that is blowing in the same direction as a ship, and helps it to move fasterfollowing1 adjectivefollowing2 nounfollowing3 preposition
followingfollowing2 ●●○ noun [countable] EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- 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.
- 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.
THESAURUS
happening or coming immediately after another one: · When does the next train to London leave?· I’ll see you next Saturday.
happening or coming immediately after something – used about periods of time, or parts of a piece of writing: · We met the following day.· The following weeks passed quickly.· the following pages of the book
formal happening or coming at some time after something else: · the subsequent success of the film· This will be explained in more detail in subsequent chapters.· This figure is expected to rise steeply in subsequent years.
coming after someone or something else – used about a series of groups of people, periods of time, or parts of a book: · succeeding generations· Succeeding governments have made the same mistake.· During the succeeding weeks he wrote several more letters.
happening soon: · The information will be mailed to members during the coming weeks.· The villagers are storing up wood for the coming winter.
Longman Language Activatorsomeone who supports a person/political party/idea someone who supports a person, political party, or idea: · She had always been one of the prime minister's strongest supporters.· a Labour Party supportersupporter of: · Supporters of women's rights are protesting against the court's decision.staunch supporter (of) (=very strong supporter): · Mill was a strong supporter of political reform.
all the people who support a person, group, or plan: · The party's support has always been in the big cities.· Carter had seen his support dwindling in the southern states.
also sympathiser British someone who supports the ideas of a political organization but does not belong to it, especially an organization that is illegal: · His opponents accused him of being a Nazi sympathizer.· Money for the group's terrorist activities was supplied by sympathisers in the US.
someone who supports the ideas of a political or religious leader: · Some of Biko's followers resented his friendship with a white journalist.follower of: · the followers of Mahatma Gandhi
all the people who support a person or organization: · The civil rights movement attracted a large following in the northern cities.· In both states, O'Reilly has a loyal following among hard-line conservatives.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry.
(=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry. (=the next month)· By the following month he had raised over £400.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
· She booked another appointment for the following week.
· The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
· The following year he was made captain of the team.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· 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· 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.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY
- Typical examples of opposites include the following: small and large, cold and hot..
WORD FAMILYnounfollowerfollowingadjectivefollowingverbfollow
1[usually singular] a group of people who support or admire someone: The band has a big following in Europe.2the following the people or things that you are going to mention: The following have been selected to play in tomorrow’s game: Louise Carus, Fiona Douglas ...following1 adjectivefollowing2 nounfollowing3 preposition
followingfollowing3 ●●○ preposition EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- There will be time for questions following the lecture.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry.
after an event or as a result of it OPP before: (=the ones after this one)· The following chapters will explore this issue.
(=the day after something happened in the past)· The story was in the newspaper the following day.
The journal had a devoted following of around 1,000 subscribers. teenagers following the dictates of fashion He retired immediately after the end of the war. The police are following several different lines of enquiry. (=the next month)· By the following month he had raised over £400.
· His meeting was not until the next morning.
· She booked another appointment for the following week.
· The intention was to complete the work the following weekend.
· The following year he was made captain of the team.
Following the president’s speech, there will be a few minutes for questions. Thousands of refugees left the country following the outbreak of civil war.