follow-up

== English == === Alternative forms === followup === Etymology === Deverbal from follow up. === Pronunciation === === Noun === follow-up (plural follow-ups) A subsidiary action taken in response to an event. (Internet) A posted message on a newsgroup, etc. in reply to a previous one. (sports) A shot on goal directly following another that has been saved. (medicine) The revisiting of a patient in ambulatory care. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === follow-up (third-person singular simple present follows-up, present participle following-up, simple past and past participle followed-up) Nonstandard form of follow up. === References === “follow-up”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.