'follow-up' definitions:
Definition of 'follow-up'
(from WordNet)
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" [syn: follow-up, followup]
noun
An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done [syn: follow-up, followup]
noun
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment [syn: follow-up, followup, reexamination, review]
Definition of 'follow-up'
From: GCIDE
- follow-up \follow-up\ n.
- 1. a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit.
- Note: 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.
- Syn: reexamination, review. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
- 2. (Journalism) A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published. [PJC]
- 3. (Journalism) Same as sidebar. [PJC]