the following

noun

: the following one or ones

—used to introduce a list, a quotation, etc.

The finalists are the following: Mary, James, and George.

The following are the times of departing trains: 2 p.m., 4 p.m., and 8 p.m.

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

Consider the following: Tucker is one of three players in all of baseball with five home runs and five steals as of Friday. —Michael Shapiro, Chron, 28 Apr. 2023

In a message sent Thursday, Lincoln High School principal Peyton Chapman wrote that the student eventually went to the emergency room and got stitches but was able to return to school the following day. —oregonlive, 8 Apr. 2023

Episode 72 will also premiere on Reelz the following day at 9/8c. —Josie Howell | , al, 8 Apr. 2023

Vaccaro’s soliloquized idealism fades over the following days, waiting by the phone to learn if Jordan bought his argument. —J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 8 Apr. 2023

The Taliban seized control of Kabul the following day, after Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country. —Dan Lamothe And Karen Deyoung, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Apr. 2023

Accused of soliciting a replacement for Dumezich, Gooldy herself voted for the censure, publicly admonishing her own conduct, and resigned the following day. —Jim Masters, Chicago Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023

But the girl balked the following day, the final day of the auction, causing her mother to try to end their participation in the event, the suit states. —Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2023

By the following day, the grease will have mostly solidified and risen to the top. —Alexa Gagosz, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Apr. 2023

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