Definition 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.