follow-up
nounverbattested in dialogue
A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
noun
- 1
A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.
- 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.
It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header.
- 4
The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
Etymology
Deverbal from follow up.
verb
- 1
Variant of follow upNonstandard form of follow up.
Forms
- plural
- follow-ups
- past tense
- followed-up
- past participle
- followed-up
- present participle
- following-up
- third person singular
- follows-up
follow-up · A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
follower · One who follows, comes after another.following · Coming next, either in sequence or in time.Follows · A surname.