·noun Vocation; business; profession.
II. Following ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Follow.
III. Following ·noun One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively.
IV. Following ·adj Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.
V. Following ·adj (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.