follow-up

Adjective, Noun

fol=low-up

WORDNET DICTIONARY

follow-up(n = noun.artifact) followup - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"

is a kind of piece of work, work

Derived forms verb follow up₂, verb follow up₁

follow-up(n = noun.act) followup - an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done; Array

is a kind of activity

Derived forms verb follow up₂, verb follow up₁

follow-up(n = noun.act) followup, reexamination, review - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment; Array

is a kind of examination, scrutiny

Derived forms verb follow up₂, verb follow up₁

follow-up, n.

a second (or subsequent) action to increase the effectiveness of an initial action. Also used attributively; as a follow-up visit.
"A follow-up may be of various types. After a medical examination, a second examination (or reexamination) to obtain additional information regarding some fact discovered in the first examination is considered a follow-up. A second visit or phone call in pursuit of a sale or other request would also be a follow-up." [WordNet 1.5]
A subsequent story providing information discovered or events happening after a first story was published. [PJC]
Same as sidebar. [PJC]

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