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Vinony

follow-up

noun

  1. act/process of being subsequent, pursuing, maintaining contact, doing a related procedure
  2. sub-process of food processing
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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English follow updeverb. English follow-up Deverbal from follow up.

  1. A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.

    “A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.”

  2. A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
  3. A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.

    “It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header.”

  4. The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree English follow updeverb. English follow-up Deverbal from follow up.

  1. Nonstandard form of follow up.