|
WordNet-Online
Free dictionary and thesaurus of English. Definitions, synonyms, antonyms and more...
Hint: double-click any word to get it searched!
Noun follow-up has 3 senses
- follow-up, followup - a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work; "his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with"
--1 is a kind of work, piece of work
- follow-up, followup - an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
--2 is a kind of activity
- follow-up, followup, reexamination, review - a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
--3 is a kind of examination, scrutiny
Verb follow-up has 2 senses
- follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through - pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal"
--1 is one way to complete, finish
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- follow up - increase the effectiveness or success of by further action; "The doctor followed up the surgery with radiation"
--2 is one way to enhance
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
|