How to pronounce “followup”
Say “followup” in 3 beats
followup
/ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/
The voice you hear here is American; the British form is /fɒləʊʌp/ (see the table below), and a British voice is available in the app's settings.
- folfɑstress
- lowloʊ
- upʌp
- IPA (American)
- /ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/
- IPA (British)
- /fɒləʊʌp/
- Respelling
- FAH-loh-up
- Syllables
- 3 — FOL-low-up
- Stress
- Stress the first syllable: FOL-low-up. “fol” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
- Part of speech
- noun
- Difficulty
- Legend — spelling and sound part company here
American and British are not the same here
/ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/
/fɒləʊʌp/
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What “followup” means
- noun
a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work
“his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with”
- noun
an activity that continues something that has already begun or that repeats something that has already been done
- noun
a subsequent examination of a patient for the purpose of monitoring earlier treatment
Say it in a sentence
“A quick followup call settled the whole misunderstanding.”“followup”, answered
How do you pronounce “followup”?
“followup” is pronounced /ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/ (FAH-loh-up) in American English and /fɒləʊʌp/ in British English — 3 syllables, stressed on “fol”. Build it as FOL-low-up, then run the first syllable a little longer than the rest and let the others reduce.
How many syllables does “followup” have?
3: fol · low · up. The beat lands on the first, “fol”.
Is “followup” said differently in British English?
Yes. American English says /ˈfɑloʊˌʌp/ (FAH-loh-up); British English says /fɒləʊʌp/. Both are correct — choose the accent you are learning and stay inside it.
What does “followup” mean?
As a noun: a piece of work that exploits or builds on earlier work For example: “his new software is a follow-up to the programs they started with” It carries 2 other senses as well — all of them said the same way.
Where is the stress in “followup”?
Stress the first syllable: FOL-low-up. “fol” is longer, louder and a step higher; the other syllables fall away from it.
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