follow-up

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
  2. A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
  3. A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
  4. The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
verb
  1. Nonstandard form of follow up.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

follow-up follow-ups followup follows-up following-up followed-up

Etymology

Deverbal from follow up.

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