follow-up
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Definition of follow-up
(Entry 1 of 3)
1a
: the act or an instance of following up
b
: something that follows up
2
: maintenance of contact with or reexamination of a person (such as a patient) especially following treatment
The surgeon scheduled a follow-up with his patient a week after the surgery.
3
: a news story presenting new information on a story published earlier
A few days after the story broke, the newspaper printed a follow-up.
follow-up
adjectiveDefinition of follow-up (Entry 2 of 3)
1
: of, relating to, or being something that follows up
follow-up action by the police— Frank Faulkner had a few follow-up questions after the interview
2
: done, conducted, or administered in the course of following up persons
follow-up care for discharged hospital patients
follow up
verb
followed up;
following up;
follows up
Definition of follow up (Entry 3 of 3)
1
: to follow with something similar, related, or supplementary
following up his convictions with action— G. P. Merrill She followed up her first novel with a second one.
2
: to maintain contact with (a person) so as to monitor the effects of earlier activities or treatments
All patients were followed up clinically for four months.
3
: to pursue in an effort to take further action
the police are following up leads
: to take appropriate action
follow up on complaints
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Examples of follow-up in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Whitman, emboldened by the praise, followed up with an even more brazen act and published the letter in the next edition of Leaves of Grass without Emersonâs permission. — Daniel Ross Goodman, National Review, "Walt Whitman, an American," 31 Aug. 2019 With both, the inspector general laid out the purported facts in the investigation in the first section of its report, then followed up with a description in the second section of why those facts show the subject violated departmental rules. — Marcy Wheeler, The New Republic, "How Trumpâs Justice Department Screwed James Comey," 30 Aug. 2019 Waters followed up a 44-yard catch to the Sumiton Christian 1 with a touchdown run on the next play. — Al.com Reports, al, "Huntsville HS football: St. John Paul II, Decatur Heritage earn victories," 30 Aug. 2019 A day after hitting a milestone homer, Aaron Judge followed up the 101st of his career. — Tim Booth, courant.com, "Yankees bash 4 more HRs, sweep Mariners with 7-3 victory," 29 Aug. 2019 After cleansing, Graham follows up with a toner, La Suite Skin Tone Enhancement Therapy Pads, developed by her dermatologist to help fight hyperpigmentation. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Ashley Grahamâs Nightly Skin-Care Routine Costs $1,631," 20 Aug. 2019 But because carrying so much genetic material can also be physiologically taxing, natural selection typically followed up these duplication events by aggressively pruning unneeded sequences. — Quanta Magazine, "With âDownsizedâ DNA, Flowering Plants Took Over the World," 16 June 2019 Like any good podcast sleuth, Reed follows up, and gets pulled into John D. McLemore's dark, charming, mind, which spewed complaints and conspiracy theories about a mile a minute. — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, "These Podcasts Will Satisfy Your Craving For Making A Murderer," 15 June 2019 The next year, Nintendo followed up that retro console success with the SNES Classic. — Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, "The GameCube Classic That Could Have Been," 15 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'follow-up.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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follow-up
noun
English Language Learners Definition of follow-up
: something that continues or completes a process or activity
follow-up
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Medical Definition of follow-up
(Entry 1 of 2)
: maintenance of contact with a patient at one or more designated intervals following diagnosis or treatment especially to examine again or monitor the progress of therapy
also
: an instance of such contact
At three-month and six-month follow-ups, he had only mild, residual facial swelling on the lower left side. — Meredith August et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 29 Dec. 2005
follow up
transitive verb
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Medical Definition of follow up (Entry 2 of 2)
: to maintain contact with (a patient) at one or more designated intervals following diagnosis or treatment especially to examine again or monitor the progress of therapy
patients who are followed up after their discharge She was discharged on postoperative day 4 and was followed up in the surgery clinic 19 days postoperatively.— Steven L. Bloom et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 21 Oct. 2010