Meanings
plural followups
- alternativeAlternative form of follow-up.
Not at all...this is one of Eddie's little trickies. He sets the followups to his (or some innocent person's) email address. Ain't he charmin'?
1998 April 6, J. White, “Mars in Cancer and Libra -The insecure and overcompensatory ego”, in alt.astrology.metapsych (Usenet), archived from the original on 01 Dec 2025
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 →Cite this entry
followup. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/followup
“followup.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/followup. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “followup,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/followup.
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