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ALL meanings of follow-up

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  • noun follow-up the act of following up. 1
  • noun follow-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. 1
  • noun follow-up Also called follow. Journalism. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published. Also called sidebar, supplementary story. a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance. Compare feature story (def 1), human-interest story, shirttail. 1
  • adjective follow-up designed or serving to follow up, especially to increase the effectiveness of a previous action: a follow-up interview; a follow-up offer. 1
  • adjective follow-up of or relating to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.: follow-up care for mental patients; a follow-up survey. 1
  • noun follow-up A subsidiary action taken as the result of an event. 0
  • noun follow-up (Internet) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one. 0
  • noun follow-up (sports) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved. 0
  • noun follow-up (medicine) The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care. 0
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