Followup

noun

noun ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of follow-up. alt-of, alternative

    "Not at all...this is one of Eddie's little trickies. He sets the followups to his (or some innocent person's) email address. Ain't he charmin'?"

  2. 2
    a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment wordnet
  3. 3
    an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done wordnet
  4. 4
    a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
follow upfollow-upreexaminationreview

Example

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"Not at all...this is one of Eddie's little trickies. He sets the followups to his (or some innocent person's) email address. Ain't he charmin'?"

Etymology

Deverbal from follow up.

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