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FOLLOWUP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup; reexamination; review
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("followup" is a kind of...):
examination; scrutiny (the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes))
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Sense 2
Meaning:
An activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("followup" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
Example:
his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with
Synonyms:
follow-up; followup
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("followup" is a kind of...):
piece of work; work (a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing)
Derivation:
follow up (increase the effectiveness or success of by further action)
follow up (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)
