following description
collocation in Englishmeaningsoffollowinganddescription
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following
adjective
uk/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ɪŋ/us/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ɪŋ/
The following day, morning, etc. is the ...
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description
noun[C or U]
uk/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/us/dɪˈskrɪp.ʃən/
something that tells you what something or someone ...
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(Definition offollowinganddescriptionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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We get thefollowingdescriptionof the non-wandering set near the heterodimensional cycle.
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Subduction was not active in the area and hence subduction zone enrichment is not referred to in thefollowingdescription.
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It does not differ structurally from typical pale examples so that thefollowingdescriptionof the palpi and antennae applies to both varieties.
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Thefollowingdescriptionof participants and measures is restricted solely to this sub-sample.
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Thefollowingdescriptionis based on 3-day-old flukes from experimental infections.
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It was participant observation because of the extensive use of ' informal ' observation over time used to construct thefollowingdescription.
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Thefollowingdescription, though taken from 1874, is relevant to later periods as well.
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Their names are identified in italics in thefollowingdescription.
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To understand the problem of definition, consider thefollowingdescription.
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The results from these slaughterhouses are not included in thefollowingdescription.
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The assertion that these practices are held 'across the sea' frames thefollowingdescriptionas an introduction of a new practice, or a reintroduction of a lapsed one.
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Crawley gives thefollowingdescriptionof the trypanosomes.
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I sincerely hope that myfollowingdescriptionmight serve as a useful addition of her article.
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Each figure in thefollowingdescriptionhas three lines for a0 1⁄4 2 (dotted line), a0 1⁄4 5 (dashed line), and a0 1⁄4 10 (solid line).
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Thefollowingdescriptionof the protective order and the process by which applicants obtain it is based on ethnographic field observations and interviews with attorneys and paralegals.
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Bede's use of purpureus is particularly interesting in view of his immediatelyfollowingdescriptionof whelk dye.
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I hope that it is intended to cover a case of thefollowingdescription.
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Thefollowingdescriptiongives the general idea, but is not secure as written.
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