Used in a Sentence

following

How to use following in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for following.

Editorial note

But my reading of the "great works" trailed off following college.

Examples11
Definitions6
Parts of speech2

Quick take

a group of followers or enthusiasts

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of following gathered in one view.

noun

a group of followers or enthusiasts

noun

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

adjective

about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for following.

noun

a group of followers or enthusiasts

noun

the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"

adjective

about to be mentioned or specified; "the following items"

adjective

immediately following in time or order; "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"

adjective

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"

adjective

in the desired direction; "a following wind"

Example sentences

1

But my reading of the "great works" trailed off following college.

2

Programmers are, after all, trained and skilled in following the logic of their program.

3

If after following steps 1-5 you're still not quite homeless, then it's time for some more data collection.

4

Facebook should give a bug bounty here, due to their lack of due diligence in following up with the initial responses.

5

If you are trying to figure out whether this is worth a read or not, I don't think you'll be disappointed spending an hour or two following along through the interview.

6

I look forward to following your pending class-action lawsuit for violation of US federal wiretapping laws.

7

I have no knowledge of Zynga's current internal state - the following is entirely speculation.=================================There are many forces at work here that need to be brought to light.

8

It was one of the highlights of my professional career, and I got advice and inspiration that directly helped get AR launched the following month.

9

How many were entirely unaware of the US government's terrible record of following international law?

10

PG has assessed the broad economic proposition to which I would add the following: YC does take an immediate equity grant but does so with common stock and on terms that don't affect founder stock pricing.

11

I personally think a lot of criticisms leveled against Java's verbosity and inflexibility are unfair, by virtue of the following: Many incredibly successful and complex open source projects are written in Java.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use following in a sentence?

But my reading of the "great works" trailed off following college.

What does following mean?

a group of followers or enthusiasts

What part of speech is following?

following is commonly used as noun, adjective.