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noun
- 1. a continuation or repetition of something that has already been started or done: "a follow-up study of the same interviewees after retirement"
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1. a. : the act or an instance of following up. b. : something that follows up. 2. : maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (such as a patient) especially following treatment. The surgeon scheduled a follow-up with his patient a week after the surgery. 3. : a news story presenting new information on a story published earlier.
a further action connected with something that happened before, especially to find out if anything has happened or changed since the previous event: follow-up to This meeting is a follow-up to the one we had last month. Here's a follow-up to a story we covered last week on our programme.
pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue. “She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal”. synonyms: carry out, follow out, follow through, go through, implement, put through. accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, execute, fulfil, fulfill. put in effect. see more. see less. types:
follow-up. Word forms: plural follow-ups. variable noun [oft NOUN noun] A follow-up is something that is done to continue or add to something done previously. They are recording a follow-up to their successful first album. One man was arrested during the raid and another during a follow-up operation.
noun. the act of following up. an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit. Also called follow. Journalism. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
Definitions of follow-up. noun. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work. “his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with” synonyms: followup. see more. noun. an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done. synonyms: followup. see more. noun.
something that is done to continue or complete something that was done before: a follow-up meeting. (Definition of follow-up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of follow-up. in Spanish. seguimiento, continuar, proseguir… See more. in Portuguese. acompanhamento, complemento, dar seguimento… See more.
designed or serving to follow up, especially to increase the effectiveness of a previous action: a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer. of or relating to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.: follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey.
Definition of follow-up noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
follow up - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
