Meaning

3 senses
  1. (attributive, often)Something that follows as a natural or logical consequence, development, or progression.

    follow-on effects

    The Internet is the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the Internet Protocol (IP) or its subsequent extensions /follow-ons[…]

  2. Baby formula (breast milk substitute) for slightly older infants.

  3. The act of a captain forcing the other side to bat again immediately after their first innings.

More definitions
  • an immediate second innings forced on a cricket team scoring a prescribed number of runs fewer than its opponents in the first innings

Origin

Deverbal from follow on.

Deverbal from follow on.

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Forms

plural: follow-ons
Singularfollow-on
Pluralfollow-ons

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
something that follows naturally:consequenceA2effectA2knock-on

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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