Following and Reasoning

Following

Following adjective - Being the one that comes immediately after another.

Reasoning and following are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Reasoning" instead an adjective "Following".

Nearby Words: follow, follower, followed

Reasoning

Reasoning adjective - Having the ability to reason.

Following and reasoning are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Following" instead an adjective "Reasoning".

How words are described

good good following good reasoning
solid solid following solid reasoning
likely likely following likely reasoning
actual actual following actual reasoning
Other adjectives: entire, real, little, cold, main, careful, moral.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Operation Flashpoint Also, EA Games and other big publishers declined to publish the original OFP, with the general reasoning being that war-themed FPSs and other games have no real following or future.
  • A following AW issue used an editor's box to reveal that Captain America had realized it and used it as his reasoning for not allowing Black Knight to join the Avengers.
  • Video Game / Skyborn Just Following Orders: Alda's reasoning for killing her partner at the end of the Trial of Arms.
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