What is the meaning of following?

noun

• A group of followers or enthusiasts.
  • synonyms: followers
• The act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture.
  • usage: "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"
  • synonyms: pursuit, chase, pursual

verb

• To travel behind, go after, come after.
  • usage: "The ducklings followed their mother around the pond"; "Please follow the guide through the museum"
  • synonyms: follow
• Be later in time.
  • usage: "Tuesday always follows Monday"
  • synonyms: postdate, follow
• Come as a logical consequence; follow logically.
  • usage: "It follows that your assertion is false"; "the theorem falls out nicely"
  • synonyms: follow, fall out
• Travel along a certain course.
  • usage: "follow the road"; "follow the trail"
  • synonyms: follow, travel along
• Act in accordance with someone's rules, commands, or wishes.
  • usage: "He complied with my instructions"; "You must comply or else"; "Follow these simple rules"; "abide by the rules"
  • synonyms: comply, follow, abide by
• Come after in time, as a result.
  • usage: "A terrible tsunami followed the earthquake"
  • synonyms: follow, come after
• Behave in accordance or in agreement with.
  • usage: "Follow a pattern"; "Follow my example"
  • synonyms: follow, conform to
• Be next.
  • usage: "Mary plays best, with John and Sue following"
  • synonyms: follow
• Choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans.
  • usage: "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"
  • synonyms: adopt, follow, espouse
• To bring something about at a later time than.
  • usage: "She followed dinner with a brandy"; "He followed his lecture with a question and answer period"
  • synonyms: follow
• Imitate in behavior; take as a model.
  • usage: "Teenagers follow their friends in everything"
  • synonyms: take after, follow
• Follow, discover, or ascertain the course of development of something.
  • usage: "We must follow closely the economic development is Cuba"; "trace the student's progress"
  • synonyms: trace, follow
• Follow with the eyes or the mind.
  • usage: "Keep an eye on the baby, please"; "The world is watching Sarajevo"; "She followed the men with the binoculars"
  • synonyms: watch, observe, follow, watch over, keep an eye on
• Be the successor (of. )
  • usage: "Carter followed Ford"; "Will Charles succeed to the throne"
  • synonyms: succeed, come after, follow
• Perform an accompaniment to.
  • usage: "The orchestra could barely follow the frequent pitch changes of the soprano"
  • synonyms: play along, accompany, follow
• Keep informed.
  • usage: "He kept up on his country's foreign policies"
  • synonyms: keep up, keep abreast, follow
• To be the product or result.
  • usage: "Melons come from a vine"; "Understanding comes from experience"
  • synonyms: come, follow
• Accept and follow the leadership or command or guidance of.
  • usage: "Let's follow our great helmsman"; "She followed a guru for years"
  • synonyms: follow
• Adhere to or practice.
  • usage: "These people still follow the laws of their ancient religion"
  • synonyms: follow
• Work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function.
  • usage: "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher"
  • synonyms: be, follow
• Keep under surveillance.
  • usage: "The police had been following him for weeks but they could not prove his involvement in the bombing"
  • synonyms: surveil, follow, survey
• Follow in or as if in pursuit.
  • usage: "The police car pursued the suspected attacker"; "Her bad deed followed her and haunted her dreams all her life"
  • synonyms: pursue, follow
• Grasp the meaning.
  • usage: "Can you follow her argument"; "When he lectures, I cannot follow"
  • synonyms: follow
• Keep to.
  • usage: "Stick to your principles"; "stick to the diet"
  • synonyms: stick to, stick with, follow

adjective

• About to be mentioned or specified.
  • usage: "the following items"
  • synonyms: undermentioned
• Immediately following in time or order.
  • usage: "the following day"; "next in line"; "the next president"; "the next item on the list"
  • synonyms: next
• Going or proceeding or coming after in the same direction.
  • usage: "the crowd of following cars made the occasion seem like a parade"; "tried to outrun the following footsteps"
• In the desired direction.
  • usage: "a following wind"