followup
from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
followup
n 1: a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work;
"his new software is a follow-up to the programs they
started with" [syn: {follow-up}, {followup}]
2: an activity that continues something that has already begun
or that repeats something that has already been done [syn:
{follow-up}, {followup}]
3: a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of
monitoring earlier treatment [syn: {follow-up}, {followup},
{reexamination}, {review}]
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
follow-up \follow-up\ n.
1. a second (or subsequent) action to increase the
effectiveness of an initial action. Also used
attributively; as a follow-up visit.
Note: A follow-up may be of various types. After a medical
examination, a second examination (or {reexamination})
to obtain additional information regarding some fact
discovered in the first examination is considered a
follow-up. A second visit or phone call in pursuit of a
sale or other request would also be a follow-up.
Syn: reexamination, review.
[WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
2. (Journalism) A subsequent story providing information
discovered or events happening after a first story was
published.
[PJC]
3. (Journalism) Same as {sidebar}.
[PJC]
from
Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003)
followup
n.
[common] On Usenet, a {posting} generated in response to another
posting (as opposed to a {reply}, which goes by email rather than
being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the {parent message} in
their headers; smart news-readers can use this information to present
Usenet news in `conversation' sequence rather than order-of-arrival.
See {thread}.
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