Definitions for Follow-Up
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. follow-up, followupnoun

   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. follow-up, followupnoun

   an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done

3. follow-up, followup, reexamination, reviewverb

   a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment

4. follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go throughverb

   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. follow upverb

   increase the effectiveness or success of by further action

   "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"

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1. follow-upnoun

   (Journalism) A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published.

2. follow-upnoun

   (Journalism) Same as sidebar.

3. follow-upnoun

   a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit. 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.

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. follow-upnoun

   A subsidiary action taken as the result of an event.

2. follow-upnoun

   A posted message on Usenet, etc. in reply to a previous one.

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1. follow-up

   Follow-up refers to an action or process of keeping up with, checking on, or reevaluating something, usually as a continued response to an earlier event or situation. This can involve actions such as scheduling another meeting after the first one, re-examining a patient after treatment, or contacting a customer after a purchase. It is usually aimed at ensuring that an intended outcome has been achieved or maintaining contact for ongoing or future engagement.

Dictionary of Military and Associated TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Follow-Up in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Follow-Up in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of Follow-Up in a Sentence

1. Tal Raviv:

   What's wonderful about the iStent is because it's so minimally invasive, the follow-up is no different than a typical cataract surgery follow up.

2. Janey Peterson:

   There is no series of circumstances that fits the evidence where he could possibly have done it, the justice system has failed here, and a lot of aspects have failed. And it started with the Modesto Police Department. And it started with the fact that they didn’t follow up on evidence that showed Laci was alive the morning of Dec.24.

3. Andrew McCabe:

   Andrew McCabe's clearly targeting the person who's filed this complaint that affects Andrew McCabe seriously and is kind of laying the marker down that Andrew McCabe wants this person's identity and Andrew McCabe wants to be able to follow-up on this. So absolutely a total contravention of all the protections for whistleblowers, so you have to ask, was this some sort of a message to all of those folks and indeed a message to all people serving in the government that if they step forward with complaints, they can expect the President to come after them ?

4. Gary Lyman:

   Have a conversation with your doctor about what follow up work should be done, how often and why, find out why to fully understand the next steps in your care.

5. Lauren Kunze:

   From the enterprise or developer perspective, access to those 1.6 billion people is very exciting, people like a personalized experience and when the chatbot can remember personal details and follow up.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Follow-Up
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=Follow-Up
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Follow-Up
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms
   https://www.tradoc.army.mil/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/AD1029823-DOD-Dictionary-of-Military-and-Associated-Terms-2017.pdf