following
/ˈfɑloʊɪŋ/ noun C2- A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage. · He had a loyal following.
- Vocation; business; profession.
- A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after. · The following is a recommendation letter from the president.· The following are the three most important questions.
- An account which is followed.
Plural followings
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I did the best I could and I thought I was following your instructions.
I had no keener pleasure than in following Holmes in his professional investigations, and in admiring the rapid deductions, as swift as intuitions, and yet always founded on a logical basis with which he unravelled the problems which were submitted to him.
“The young man volunteered a statement, in which he said that after following Drebber some time, the latter perceived him, and took a cab in order to get away from him.
So, while they were walking through the forest, the Tin Woodman told the following story:
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