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Definition of Follow-up

1. 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"

2. Noun. An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done.

3. Noun. A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment.

Definition of Follow-up

1. Noun. A subsidiary action taken as the result of an event. ¹

2. Noun. (Internet) A posted message on Usenet, etc. in reply to a previous one. ¹

3. Noun. (sports) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Follow-up

folliculus ovaricus vesiculosus folliculus pili follied follies folliful follis follistatin follow follow'd follow-on

follow-ons follow-the-leader follow-through follow-throughs follow-up (current term) follow-up studies follow-up study follow-ups follow in someone's footsteps follow on

follow one's bliss follow ons follow out follow somebody off a cliff follow suit follow through follow up follow up on followable

Literary usage of Follow-up

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"It was left to Wade's army, or rather to the English part of it, now under Hawley's command, to follow up the rebels, whose numbers had been raised by ..."

2. Illicit Drug Use, Smoking and Drinking by America's High School Students by Lloyd D. Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald G. Bachman (1993)
"Differential weighting is then used in all follow-up analyses to ... follow-up procedures. Using information provided by respondents at the time of the ..."

3. Financing an Enterprise by Hugh Ronald Conyngton (1921)
"In any of these or in the many other cases that arise, the follow-up letter may ... Sometimes a follow-up letter will be sent inquiring directly why no ..."

4. Socratic Circles: Fostering Critical and Creative Thinking in Middle and by Matt Copeland (2005)
"Creating follow-up activities for students after the dialogue is one way to enhance learning and keep the ... follow-up activities also serve an important ..."

5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"Preliminary follow-up data show that in approximately one third of the patients ... The study presents the results of follow-up of a male population born ..."

6. Developing a Law Enforcement Stress Program for Officers and Their Families by Peter Finn, Julie E. Tomz (1998)
"Monitoring and follow-up Most programs provide some kind of follow-up to the initial training to reinforce or expand the peers' skills, enable them to share ..."

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