following

  1. Adjective.  Coming next, either in sequence or in time.
  2. Adjective.  About to be specified.
  3. Adjective.  (context, of a wind) Blowing in the direction of travel.
  4. Preposition.  after, subsequent to.
  5. Noun.  A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
  6. Noun.  Something to be mentioned immediately later. Used with the definite article ''the''.

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