FOLLOW-ON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does follow-on mean? 

• FOLLOW-ON (noun)
  The noun FOLLOW-ON has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FOLLOW-ON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOLLOW-ON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("follow-on" is a kind of...):

innings (the batting turn of a cricket player or team)

 Context examples 

Its relative proximity to Earth will make it easier to conduct follow-on studies.

(A Potential New Hunting Ground for Exoplanets, NASA)