Definitions of follow-up
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a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work“his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with”
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synonyms:
followup
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type of:
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piece of work, work
a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing
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piece of work, work
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an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
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a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
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synonyms:
followup, reexamination, review
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type of:
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examination, scrutiny
the act of examining something closely (as for mistakes)
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examination, scrutiny
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