follow-up en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Deverbal from follow up.
Meanings
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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.
2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “Midlands Metro welcomes new catenary-free trams”, in Rail, page 16:
- (Internet) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
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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.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport:
- The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| followup | alternative | lexicographic | |
| follow-ups | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (36)
fr suivi (subsidiary action) · fi seuranta (subsidiary action) · da opfølgning (sports: shot on goal directly following another) · fi jälkihoito (subsidiary action) · it follow-up ((medicine) revisiting) · da efterundersøgelse ((medicine) revisiting) · nn oppfølging (subsidiary action) · fi vastaus (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · it risposta (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · gl seguimento (subsidiary action) · de compounds beginning with Folge (subsidiary action) · gl seguimento ((medicine) revisiting) · gl resposta (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · da svar (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · ru последующее наблюдение ((medicine) revisiting) · da opfølgning (subsidiary action) · it mantenimento (subsidiary action) · ru последующее врачебное наблюдение ((medicine) revisiting) · fi seurantakäynti ((medicine) revisiting) · mi turukitanga (subsidiary action) · sv svar (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · fr suivi ((medicine) revisiting) · pt seguimento (subsidiary action) · ru добивание (sports: shot on goal directly following another) · it seguito (subsidiary action) · es contestación (Internet: posted message in reply to a previous one) · es proseguimiento (subsidiary action) · es seguimiento ((medicine) revisiting) · de Nachuntersuchung ((medicine) revisiting) · fi jatkotoimenpide (subsidiary action) · pt seguimento ((medicine) revisiting) · de Folgeuntersuchung ((medicine) revisiting) · fi jatkolaukaus (sports: shot on goal directly following another) · sv uppföljning (subsidiary action) · nb oppfølging (subsidiary action) · de in legal administration Wiedervorlage (subsidiary action)