follow-up

fol·low-up or fol·low·up (f

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1. The act or an instance of following up, as to further an end or review new developments: The follow-up is often as important as the initial contact in gaining new clients. The social worker's emphasis on followup reassured her clients.

2. One that follows so as to further an end or increase effectiveness: The software was a successful follow-up to the original product.

3. An article or a report giving further information on a previously reported item of news.

adj.

Intended to follow up, as to reinforce or evaluate previous action: a followup examination after the surgery.

In amphibious operations, the reinforcements and stores carried on transport ships and aircraft (not originally part of the amphibious force) that are offloaded after the assault and assault follow-on echelons have been landed. See also amphibious operation; assault; assault follow-on echelon.

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Noun	1.	follow-up - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with" followup piece of work, work - a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing; "it is not regarded as one of his more memorable works"; "the symphony was hailed as an ingenious work"; "he was indebted to the pioneering work of John Dewey"; "the work of an active imagination"; "erosion is the work of wind or water over time"
	2.	follow-up - an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done followup activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity"
	3.	follow-up - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment reexamination, review, followup examination, scrutiny - the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)

Translations

follow-up [ˈfɒləʊˈʌp]

A. N (= further action) → seguimiento m (to de) (= continuation) → continuación f (to de) subsequent follow-up is an essential part of the program → un seguimiento posterior es parte fundamental del programa
this is a follow-up to the meeting held last Sunday → esto es la continuación de la reunión celebrada el domingo

B. CPD follow-up appointment N (with doctor, dentist, vet) → revisión f
follow-up (phone) call N (Telec) → llamada f de reiteración
follow-up care N (postoperative) → atención f pos(t)operatoria; (following initial treatment) → seguimiento m clínico
follow-up interview N → entrevista f complementaria
follow-up letter N → carta f recordatoria
follow-up study N → estudio m de seguimiento
follow-up survey N → investigación f complementaria
follow-up treatment N (postoperative) → tratamiento m pos(t)operatorio; (following initial treatment) → tratamiento m complementario
follow-up visit N (= inspection) → visita f de inspección or comprobación (Med) → revisión f

follow-up

→ Weiterverfolgen nt, → Weiterführen nt; (= event, programme etc coming after) → Fortsetzung f (→ to +gen)

(= letter) → Nachfassschreiben nt; (Press) → Fortsetzung f

(Med) → Nachuntersuchung f

follow-up:

follow-up action

n → Folgemaßnahmen pl

follow-up advertising

n → Nachfasswerbung f

follow-up album

n → Nachfolgealbum nt

follow-up care