follow-up

n.

1. The act or an instance of following up, as to further an end or review new developments: The follow-up is often as important as the initial contact in gaining new clients. The social worker's emphasis on followup reassured her clients.
2. One that follows so as to further an end or increase effectiveness: The software was a successful follow-up to the original product.
3. An article or a report giving further information on a previously reported item of news.

adj.
Intended to follow up, as to reinforce or evaluate previous action: a followup examination after the surgery.

In general: any letter, telephone call, or personal call subsequent to a contact or communication intended to continue or to further evaluate the earlier contact. See also follow-up letter; inquiry and follow-up.

Marketing: step in a marketing plan that follows the implementation of an advertising campaign or promotion or the introduction of a new product, in order to evaluate the results.

[common] On Usenet, a posting generated in response to another posting (as opposed to a reply, which goes by email rather than being broadcast). Followups include the ID of the parent message in their headers; smart news-readers can use this information to present Usenet news in ‘conversation’ sequence rather than order-of-arrival. See thread.

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(DOD) In amphibious operations, the reinforcements and stores carried on transport ships and aircraft (not originally part of the amphibious force) that are offloaded after the assault and assault follow-on echelons have been landed. See also amphibious operation; assault; assault follow-on echelon.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - efterbehandling, opfølgning
adj. - follow-up

Nederlands (Dutch)
voortzetting, vervolg, nabehandeling (psychologie/ medicijnen etc.), nabehandelend

Français (French)
n. - suivi, suite, relance, confirmation, consolidation, coup de téléphone (pour donner suite à une lettre)
adj. - de relance, de contrôle, complémentaire

Deutsch (German)
n. - Nachbehandlung, Weiterverfolgen
adj. - Fern..., Nach...

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συνέχεια, μεταπωλητική προσφορά υπηρεσιών
v. - εξακολουθώ, συνεχίζω, αξιοποιώ, δίνω συνέχεια

Italiano (Italian)
seguito

Português (Portuguese)
n. - continuação (f)
v. - levar avante, investigar

Русский (Russian)
преследование цели, следящая система, дополнение

Español (Spanish)
n. - (medicina) tratamiento complementario, continuación, recordatorio
adj. - recordatorio, consecutivo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - uppföljning
v. - följa upp

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
后续行动, 后续报导, 随访, 继续的, 作为重复的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 後續行動, 後續報導, 隨訪
adj. - 繼續的, 作為重復的

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 추적, 속보
adj. - 뒤쫓는, 잇따른

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 続行, 追いかけ, 追跡, 追いかけ記事
adj. - 引き続いての, 追いかけの

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متابعه (فعل) يتابع‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מעקב, פעולת-המשך, מידע עיתונאי נוסף לזה שכבר פורסם‬
adj. - ‮ממשיך פעולה קודמת‬

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