followup

Thân thiện

The doctor scheduled a followup to check the patient's progress.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A subsequent check or examination: An action taken to monitor progress or check results after an initial event, especially a medical examination to monitor a patient's condition after treatment.
   • A continuation or sequel: An activity, product, or piece of work that continues, repeats, or builds upon something that was started or done earlier.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • The doctor scheduled a followup in six months to check the healing progress.
  • The marketing team is planning a followup to last year's successful campaign.
  • This research paper is a direct followup to her earlier groundbreaking study.

Advanced Usage

• "As a followup to...": Used to introduce something that continues or responds to a previous action or item.
  • As a followup to our meeting, I am sending the agreed-upon notes.
• "In followup": Used to describe actions taken subsequently.
  • The police conducted several interviews in followup to the initial report.

Variants and Related Words

• Follow-up (noun/adjective): A common hyphenated spelling variant with identical meaning. It can also function as an adjective (e.g., a follow-up appointment).
• Follow up (phrasal verb): The action of pursuing or checking on something previously initiated.
  • You should follow up with an email after the interview.

Synonyms

• Sequel: Something that follows, especially a literary or cinematic work.
• Continuation: The act of continuing or the state of being continued.
• Review: A formal assessment or examination, often repeated.

Related Phrases

• Follow-up question: A question asked to gain more information based on a previous answer.
  • The journalist asked a sharp follow-up question.
• Follow-up call/email: A subsequent contact made to check on progress or provide more information.
  • I received a follow-up email confirming my order details.

Notes on Meaning

The core meaning of followup revolves around the concept of sequence and continuation. It implies a direct connection to a prior action, event, or work. In medical contexts, it specifically denotes monitoring. In professional or creative contexts, it refers to a subsequent effort that develops or repeats an earlier one. The unhyphenated "followup" is often used, but "follow-up" remains a very common variant.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
2. an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
3. a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
   • his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with

Từ đồng nghĩa

• follow-up
• reexamination
• review