English noun: followup |
1. | followup (artifact) a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work |
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| Samples | His new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with.
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| Synonyms | follow-up |
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| Broader (hypernym) | piece of work, work |
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2. | followup (act) an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done |
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| Synonyms | follow-up |
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| Broader (hypernym) | activity |
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3. | followup (act) a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment |
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| Synonyms | follow-up, reexamination, review |
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| Broader (hypernym) | examination, scrutiny |
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