Meaning Of Following

p. pr. & vb. n.

of Follow

n.

One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.

n.

Vocation; business; profession.

a.

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

a.

(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.