Dictionary Entry
following
following is a 9-letter English word with 11 senses as noun and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Follow. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 11 senses
Definitions
- 1present participle
of Follow
- 2noun
One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
- 3noun
Vocation; business; profession.
- 4adjective
Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
- 5adjective
(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.
- 6noun
the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture
"the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
- 7noun
a group of followers or enthusiasts
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- 8adjective
about to be mentioned or specified
"the following items"
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- 9adjective
immediately following in time or order
"the following day"
"next in line"
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- 10adjective
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"
- 11adjective
in the desired direction
"a following wind"
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