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1. (n.) follow-up
the act of following up.
2. follow-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.
3. follow-up
a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
4. (adj.) follow-up
designed or serving to follow up, esp. to increase the effectiveness of a previous action:
a follow-up interview.
Etymology: (1920–25)
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| Definition of 'follow-up' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) follow-up, followup
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) follow-up, followup
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
3. (verb) follow-up, followup, reexamination, review
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
4. (verb) follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through
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"
5. (verb) follow up
increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
"The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"
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1. (noun) follow-up
an action to check or complete a previous action
a follow-up call
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. follow-up
In amphibious operations, the reinforcements and stores carried on transport ships and aircraft (not originally part of the amphibious force) that are offloaded after the assault and assault follow-on echelons have been landed. See also amphibious operation; assault; assault follow-on echelon.
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Sense: further reaction or response
Was there any follow-up to the letter you wrote to the newspaper?
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 Afrikaans: opvolg |
 Arabic: مُتابعَه |
 Bulgarian: продължение |
 Brazilian: seguimento |
 Czech: odezva, odpověď |
 German: die Folge |
 Danish: follow up; opfølgning |
 Greek: συνέχεια |
 Spanish: seguimiento |
 Estonian: järelkaja |
 Farsi: پیگیری؛ پس آیند |
 Finnish: seuranta |
 French: suite |
 Hebrew: מַעֲקַב |
 Hindi: जानकारी लेना |
 Croatian: nastavak, posljedica |
 Hungarian: folytatás |
 Indonesian: tindak lanjut |
 Icelandic: eftirfylgja; viðbragð |
 Italian: seguito |
 Japanese: 反応 |
 Korean: 후속 답변, 후속 조치 |
 Lithuanian: reakcija, tąsa |
 Latvian: reakcija; papildu pasākum |
 Malay: tindakan susulan |
 Dutch: vervolg |
 Norwegian: oppfølging, etterbehandli |
 Polish: ciąg dalszy |
 Persian: پیگیری؛ پس آیند |
 Pashto: عکس العمل، ځواب |
 Portuguese: seguimento |
 Romanian: urmare |
 Russian: дальнейшая реакция |
 Slovak: ohlas, odpoveď |
 Slovenian: odgovor |
 Serbian: nastavak |
 Swedish: uppföljning, fortsättning |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับ���ลที่ตามมา |
 Turkish: tepki |
 Taiwanese: 補充報導 |
 Ukrainian: відгук |
 Urdu: رد عمل یا جواب |
 Vietnamese: tiếp theo |
 Chinese: 补充报道 |
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