follow-up question

collocation in English

meaningsoffollow-upandquestion

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follow-up
noun[C]
uk
/ˈfɒl.əʊ.ʌp/us
/ˈfɑː.loʊ.ʌp/
a further action connected with something that ...
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question
noun
uk
/ˈkwes.tʃən/us
/ˈkwes.tʃən/
a sentence or phrase used to find ...
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(Definition offollow-upandquestionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffollow-up question

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Moreover, including afollow-upquestionincreases the precision of the result.
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Thus, efficiency was seen to be improved by adding afollow-upquestion.
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Afollow-upquestionthen asked, how did the pregnancy end?
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In addition, including afollow-upquestionincreases the precision of the result.
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Afollow-upquestionasked these physicians to describe the reasons for their decision to not recommend hospice.
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A second possibility is that thefollow-upquestionis perceived as an invitation to a bidding game.
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Thank you for thefollow-upquestion.
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I shall just ask a very shortfollow-upquestion.
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I should like to ask afollow-upquestion.
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Of course that is a very importantfollow-upquestion.
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Hansard archive
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Following each stimulus-sentence presentation, subjects were asked afollow-upquestion, which differed according to the training condition being delivered.
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We begin with an elementary example and afollow-upquestionwhich serve to motivate much of the material to follow.
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If he or she did not respond correctly in this free-choice situation, afollow-upquestionprovided the child with two choices.
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In afollow-upquestion, we asked respondents to indicate who should optimally be responsible for making the final adoption decision.
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Myfollow-upquestionis: how far have these considerations progressed?
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However, when thefollow-upquestionwas asked about their credit status, the figures changed dramatically.
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Hansard archive
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The selection of protest zeros was based on the response to afollow-upquestionto the valuation questions in which we asked the reasons for those who are not willing-to-pay.
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Myfollow-upquestionarises, then, from my belief that many people are concerned about the fact that things are moving in the wrong direction.
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Myfollow-upquestionrelates to the occupational pension entitlement of the spouse—the wife, in this instance—rather than entitlement to the state pension.
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Hansard archive
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Correct answers earned $200 and control of afollow-upquestion.
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If the pain is compared to a prior event, the nature of that event may be afollow-upquestion.
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Each candidate had three minutes to answer each question and 1.5 minute for everyfollow-upquestion.
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I was so mindful of my personal affect, knowing every head tilt, expression, andfollow-upquestionwould be carefully dissected for any evidence of bias.
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The team that got the 50 point toss-up right then got to try a 100 pointfollow-upquestionif they chose to.
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