Meanings
plural follow-ups · alternative followup
- A subsidiary action taken in response to an event.
A follow-up order placed in 2019 will feature the technology being built into new trams which are due to arrive next year.
2020 January 2, Richard Clinnick, “Midlands Metro welcomes new catenary-free trams”, in Rail, page 16 - InternetA posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one.
- hobbiesA shot on goal directly following another that has been saved.
It could have been much worse for City before the break, but goalkeeper Joe Hart saved Jamie Mackie's long-range shot and Helguson's headed follow-up - although the latter was offside - before Bothroyd hit the post with another header.
2011 November 5, Phil Dawkes, “QPR 2 - 3 Man City”, in BBC Sport - medicineThe revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care.
present singular third person follows-up · participle present following-up · participle past followed-up · past followed-up · alternative followup
- nonstandardNonstandard form of follow up.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
nouna subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Deverbal from follow up.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Danish opfølgning, svar
- opfølgningsubsidiary action
- svarInternet: posted message in reply to a previous one
- opfølgningsports: shot on goal directly following another
- efterundersøgelse(medicine) revisiting
Finnish jatkotoimenpide, seuranta
- jatkotoimenpidesubsidiary action
- seurantasubsidiary action
- jälkihoitosubsidiary action
- vastausInternet: posted message in reply to a previous one
- jatkolaukaussports: shot on goal directly following another
- seurantakäynti(medicine) revisiting
French suivi, suivi
- suivisubsidiary action
- suivi(medicine) revisiting
German compounds beginning with Folge, in legal administration Wiedervorlage
- compounds beginning with Folgesubsidiary action
- in legal administration Wiedervorlagesubsidiary action
- Folgeuntersuchung(medicine) revisiting
- Nachuntersuchung(medicine) revisiting
Italian seguito, mantenimento
- seguitosubsidiary action
- mantenimentosubsidiary action
- rispostaInternet: posted message in reply to a previous one
- follow-up(medicine) revisiting
Māori turukitanga
- turukitangasubsidiary action
Norwegian Bokmål oppfølging
- oppfølgingsubsidiary action
Portuguese seguimento, seguimento
- seguimentosubsidiary action
- seguimento(medicine) revisiting
Russian добивание, последующее наблюдение
- добивание (dobivanije)sports: shot on goal directly following another
- последующее наблюдение (posledujuščeje nabljudenije)(medicine) revisiting
- последующее врачебное наблюдение (posledujuščeje vračebnoje nabljudenije)(medicine) revisiting
Spanish proseguimiento, contestación
- proseguimientosubsidiary action
- contestaciónInternet: posted message in reply to a previous one
- seguimiento(medicine) revisiting
Swedish uppföljning, svar
- uppföljningsubsidiary action
- svarInternet: posted message in reply to a previous one
Cite this entry
follow-up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow-up
“follow-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow-up. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “follow-up,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/follow-up.
Source: follow-up on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.