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followings

followings is the plural of following.

Meaning of following

Noun

following (plural followings)

  1. A group of followers, attendants or admirers; an entourage.
    • He had a loyal following.
  2. Vocation; business; profession.
  3. (with-definite-article, treated as singular or plural) A thing or things to be mentioned immediately after.
    • The following is a recommendation letter from the president.
  4. (social media) An account which is followed.
    • When a new user joins Weibo, he should register Weibo and get a unique ID, and then he takes some existing users as his followings and waits for others to follow him.2014, Zhengbiao Guo, Zhitang Li, Hao Tu, Da Xie, “Weibo: An Information-Driven Online Social Network”, in Marina L.Gavrilova, C.J. Kenneth Tan, editors, Transactions on Computational Science XXII...

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Phrases with followings

Questions about followings

What is followings the plural of?
Followings is the plural of following.

Words near followings in the dictionary

  1. following through
  2. following to the grave
  3. following up
  4. following up on
  5. followingly
  6. followings
  7. follows
  8. follows along
  9. follows in someone's footsteps
  10. follows on
  11. follows one's heart

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