Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
follow-up \follow-up\ n.
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a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit.
Note: A follow-up may be of various types. After a medical examination, a second examination (or reexamination) to obtain additional information regarding some fact discovered in the first examination is considered a follow-up. A second visit or phone call in pursuit of a sale or other request would also be a follow-up.
Syn: reexamination, review.
(Journalism) A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published.
(Journalism) Same as sidebar.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Wiktionary
alt. 1 A subsidiary action taken as the result of an event. 2 (context Internet English) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one. 3 (context sports English) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved. n. 1 A subsidiary action taken as the result of an event. 2 (context Internet English) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one. 3 (context sports English) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
WordNet
n. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" [syn: followup]
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done [syn: followup]
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: followup, reexamination, review]
Wikipedia
Follow-up may refer to:
- Culture:
- Sequel, the continuation of a work of literature, film, theatre or music
- Spin-off a derivative work of literature, film, theatre or music focussing on one aspect of the original
- Followup-To, a special kind of Crossposting in the internet
- Medicine:
- A patient's revisit in ambulatory care
- The revisit of participants in a clinical trial
- A participant not coming to such a revisit is called " lost to follow-up"
- Space:
- Kepler Follow-up Program, a program to follow up possible observations of planets by the Kepler spacecraft
- Technology:
- The phase of a software inspection in which the rework is verified See also under Fagan inspection
- Politics:
- Follow-Up and Arrangement Committee, a former alliance of Iraqi opposition groups
Usage examples of "follow-up".
A follow-up letter from Babcock to the Treasury secretary very casually questioned the whereabouts of the old President, including hospital and room number.
We film the balloon ascension with the cams and show it to all and sundry on the evening news with follow-up coverage on the morning talk shows.
Berkshire paid for all the extra staff, phone lines and follow-up on all the leads, just as Noni had promised.
When the women recontacted him to arrange a follow-up sexual encounter, Gibbs took the message.
Reid watched the CNN bulletin and then the follow-up reports on the killings and the riot in Yokosuka, he could hardly believe his good fortune.
By the time the dispositions bad been completed, the follow-up crew of technicians had arrived, and Gaines had given the engineer in charge his instructions.
It was one of several television series produced by an organization called REALI-TV -- including Promises, Promises, devoted to follow-up analyses of unfulfilled campaign pledges at local, state, and national levels, and Bamboozles and Baloney, a weekly debunking of what were said to be widespread prejudices, propaganda, and myths.
It was one of several television series produced by an organization called REALI-TV-- including Promises, Promises, devoted to follow-up analyses of unfulfilled campaign pledges at local, state, and national levels, and Bamboozles and Baloney, a weekly debunking of what were said to be widespread prejudices, propaganda, and myths.
After making a difficult and successful assault at Gela, the 1st and 4th Battalions had fought off powerful counterattacks, opening the way for the follow-up troops and supplies to come ashore.
Point defense stopped many of the follow-up birds, but the battlecruisers got two more massive salvoes in virtually unopposed first, and three Bug superdreadnoughts were destroyed and two more damaged before the fighters even arrived.
I believe, as Lieutenant Dallas believes, that Celina Sanchez is worth at least a follow-up interview.
After follow-up and questioning, an official of the British Museum admitted that results deviating substantially from the expected values were often discarded without being published.
A follow-up probe volley has already been dispatched on my authority to confirm the original readings, but I do not expect its findings to alter CIC's present evaluation.
And rather than treat the minority of dopeheads who actually want to quit the habit, law enforcement often allows drug offenders to leave custody without any requirement for follow-up drug testing.
Already composing her follow-up complaint, Bowers stomped through the snow.