Definitions for follow-up

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follow-up fol·low-up

Spelling: [fol-oh-uhp]

IPA: /ˈfɒl oʊˌʌp/

Follow-Up is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 88 anagrams from letters in follow-up (-flloopuw).

Definitions for follow-up

noun

1. the act of following up.
2. an action or thing that serves to increase the effectiveness of a previous one, as a second or subsequent letter, phone call, or visit.
3. Also called follow. Journalism. a news story providing additional information on a story or article previously published. Also called sidebar, supplementary story. a minor news story used to supplement a related story of major importance. Compare feature story (def 1), human-interest story, shirttail.

adjective

1. designed or serving to follow up, especially to increase the effectiveness of a previous action:
2. of or relating to action that follows an initial treatment, course of study, etc.:

Origin of follow-up

First recorded in 1920-25; noun, adj. use of verb phrase follow up

Examples for follow-up

But usually the follow-up is concerned with the pursuit, capture, or trial.

“She fought so Damn hard,” the poster added in a follow-up comment.

And their swapping the prizes will make a peach of a follow-up story.

The editorial was to be a follow-up in the next day's paper.

The follow-up story is how those who survived both the competitive onslaught, as well as the recession, have adapted.

Since the virus can stay incubated in the human body for up to 21 days, the third step, follow-up, is key.

For a week we'll have follow-up articles, and then Constantine will take it.

The core of that, the way to stop Ebola in its tracks is contact tracing, and follow-up.

Their fee was $2.50 per visit which included the price of follow-up medicine.

Based on the strength of her audition, he built his follow-up film, Jackie Brown, around Grier.