次の
解説 Definition
following は follow（続く）の -ing 形からできた語で、「次の」という意味です。文章や説明で、これから示す項目や内容を指すときによく使います。
Used before a noun to identify something that is presented, mentioned, or listed immediately after the current point in a text, speech, set of instructions, or sequence.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
原形 follow「後に続く」に -ing をそのまま加えた形で、発音は follow /ˈfɑːloʊ/ に /ɪŋ/ が続き、強勢は変わりません。「後に続いて提示される」ものを指すため、the following sentence、questions、words のように、直後に示す内容を案内する場面と結び付けて覚えます。
Following is formed by adding -ing directly to follow, with no spelling change. Its stress remains on the first syllable, and the ending is pronounced /ɪŋ/. Picture information that “follows” the words you are reading now: the following sentence, the following questions, or the following instructions. This forward-pointing use distinguishes following from previous or preceding, which direct attention backward. It commonly appears with the definite article the when introducing a specific item or list that comes next.
例文
Read the following sentence.
次の文を読みなさい。
Answer the following questions.
次の質問に答えなさい。
Please write the following words.
次の単語を書いてください。
following の類義語・関連語
following の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 folgian（後を追う）が語源で、ゲルマン祖語 *fulganą に遡る。follow + -ing で「次に続く」の意。人や道を「追いかける」から「次の」という形容詞用法が生まれた。関連語: follower（追随者）、following（支持者層）。
Following is formed from follow plus the suffix -ing. Follow descends from Old English folgian, meaning “to go after or pursue,” and is related to Germanic words conveying movement behind someone or something. The participial sense “coming after” developed naturally into the adjective used for material presented next in a sequence, text, or explanation.
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