FOLLOW-UP Definition & Meaning

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follow-up

[fol-oh-uhp]

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noun

the act of following up.
an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit.
Also called follow.��Journalism.��
1. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published.
2. Also called supplementary story.��Also called sidebar.��a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance.

adjective

designed or serving to follow up, especially to increase the effectiveness of a previous action.
a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer.
of or relating to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc..
follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey.

follow up

verb

to pursue or investigate (a person, evidence, etc) closely
to continue (action) after a beginning, esp to increase its effect

noun

1. something done to reinforce an initial action
2. ( as modifier )
  a follow-up letter
med a routine examination of a patient at various intervals after medical or surgical treatment

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of follow-up¹

First recorded in 1920–25; noun, adj. use of verb phrase follow up

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Idioms and Phrases

Carry to completion. For example, I'm following up their suggestions with concrete proposals . Also see follow through .

Increase the effectiveness or enhance the success of something by further action. For example, She followed up her interview with a phone call . [Late 1700s]

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Example Sentences

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Yet there are worries that while regulations are in place - there are often no follow-up checks because of the speed of the building boom.

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The patient experienced severe pain during the visit and bled for two months afterward, the complaint said, and no follow-up care was provided.

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“There’s no answers, there’s no follow-up, there’s no accountability.”

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“Materialists,” Celine Song’s follow-up to her Oscar-nominated debut “Past Lives,” casts Johnson perfectly as an advertisement for taking the romance out of love.