No. 1,965 in French
suivant
"Suivant" means "following" or "next."
In a sentence
Je vais lire le chapitre suivant du livre.
I will read the next chapter of the book.
In this sentence, 'suivant' is used as an adjective to indicate the next item in a sequence, associating with 'chapitre' which is masculine singular.
Suivant les instructions, nous avons construit le modèle.
Following the instructions, we built the model.
Here, 'suivant' is used as a preposition meaning 'following' or 'according to', denoting adherence to 'instructions'.
Il a répondu à ma question suivante.
He answered my next question.
In this case, 'suivant' as an adjective modifies 'question', meaning the next one in order, while 'suivante' is in the feminine singular form to agree with 'question'.
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