follow-up(a continuation or repetition of something that has already been started or done [as modifier] a follow-up study of the same interviewees after retirement ▪ a further examination or observation of a patient in order to monitor the success of earlier treatment ▪ a piece of work that builds on or exploits the success of earlier work she is writing a follow-up to Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. NODE Alexander Demidov)