followup vs follow up
Definitions
noun
- a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
- a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
- an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
Examples
In a followup ruling last year, the ITC said that imports of certain "remanufactured" cartridges also violate Epson patents.
I am a medical transcriptionist, and I use a word expander which will produce something like "the patient is here for a followup" if I type "tpihfaf.
Studies with sufficiently long followup, including the need for surgical repair later in life, are required to properly evaluate the association between instrumental deliveries and such outcomes.
Definitions
verb
- pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue
- increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
Examples
Jonathan Steele, who recently returned to follow up on that story, quotes a young man who lost half his family in Halabja saying of the memorial, "If they rebuild it a thousand times, I will burn it down a million times.
Follow up with a fine cigar from the San Andres Valley and a good cup of Soconusco cafe.
Later it wants to follow up with the heavy stuff: tanks, helicopters, anti-tank weapons and armored personnel carriers.
