follow-up
- noun
- /ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/
- After the presentation, I sent a follow-up email to ensure everyone understood their assignments.
- follow-up questions
- conduct a follow-up
- long-term follow-up
And maybe these people have some follow up questions.
- And maybe these people have some follow up questions.
- How does it once you start asking follow-ups, so many arguments fall apart.
- What would be some possible follow up in the Q&A;?
- So kind of a follow up to that question.
- But like it's always got a follow up question.
- Yeah, I get the one call close, the two call close with follow up.
- Let's see now I think they're two weeks apart and we do the follow up.
Examples
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We have some follow-up questions on your application for citizenship.
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And so we set the standards, and we follow up with performance appraisals.
Academic text (2015) -
And and when I talk about long term follow up that we're talking about years, not months.
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And maybe these people have some follow up questions.
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I would love if you have follow up questions.
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And yet no one has ever bothered to do any follow up, any long term follow up.
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The first request was sent in November 2011, and the follow-up request was sent two weeks later.
Academic text (2017) -
Last night I conducted a follow-up interview, and...
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One week after the initial invitation, a follow-up e-mail was sent to participants as a reminder.
Academic text (2012) -
Oh, just a friendly follow-up to make sure there wasn't a reaction to the shots.
Synonyms
The act of finishing a task or keeping a promise to do what was planned
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
Follow-up comes from follow ('to go after') and up ('again' or 'further'), so a follow-up is an action that checks or continues progress after an initial activity.