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follow-up

follow-up

78 3.9
An action to check progress after an earlier activity
  • noun
  • /ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/
translation icon : seguimiento
  • 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.

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Examples

  • We have some follow-up questions on your application for citizenship.

  • 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.

  • And maybe these people have some follow up questions.

  • I would love if you have follow up questions.

  • And yet no one has ever bothered to do any follow up, any long term follow up.

  • 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...

  • 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

follow-through
vsfollow-up
14 4.3

The act of finishing a task or keeping a promise to do what was planned

continues or monitors progress after an initial action rather than finishing it

Antonyms

256 3.8

Fail to care for someone or something you should look after

How Thorough

audit
  • Formal
45 4.9
review
490 3.0
follow-up
78 3.9
check-in
  • Texting
5 3.5

Surface Forms

follow-up singular
follow-ups plural

Morphology

follow-up = follow + up (transparent) = follow + up

Directly formed from the phrasal verb 'follow up'; the sense of monitoring or checking after an initial action is a straightforward extension of the base.

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.