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Follow-up email

Meaning in office & administration, with examples

nounCommon term

In office & administration, follow-up email means: An email sent after an earlier message, meeting, or action to remind, confirm, clarify, or request a response.

In Turkish: takip e-postası

How it is used

Common in sales, administration, HR, and project work. Often sent after meetings, unanswered requests, interviews, or shared documents.

Example sentences

  1. I sent a follow-up email after the meeting to confirm the revised deadlines and attach the action list for each department.

    Here the term means a later message that records agreed points and keeps responsibilities clear after discussion.

  2. If the supplier has not replied by Friday, please send a short follow-up email instead of starting a new message thread.

    In this example, a follow-up email is a reminder within the existing conversation to prompt a response efficiently.

Common collocations

  • send a follow-up email
  • short follow-up email
  • follow-up email after a meeting
  • follow-up email reminder
  • reminderA message or alert that helps someone remember something they need to do, such as attend a meeting, pay an invoice or meet a deadline.
  • subject lineThe short line at the top of an email that tells the reader what the message is about; it appears in the inbox before the email is opened.

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