follow-onn.adj.
/ˈfɒləʊɒn/, U.S. /ˈfɑloʊˌɑn/ A. n.
1. Cricket. A second innings played by a team immediately after its first innings, which may be enforced by the opposing team if it leads by more than a stipulated number of runs after both sides' first innings are completed; the fact of having to play such an innings. Also in to save the follow on: to avoid having to follow on. See to follow on 5 at follow v. Phrasal verbs 1.The number of runs stipulated depends on the number of days the match is scheduled to last.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [noun] > second innings straight after first
follow-on1864
1864 Sporting Gaz. 27 Aug. 679/2 Mr. Burnett's 43 saved the ‘follow on’; it was a hard-hitting score.
1874 Illustr. Sporting & Dramatic News 21 Jan. 418/3 Shaw was unable to play in the ‘follow on’.
1892 Sat. Rev. 9 July 33/1 In the follow on things altered very much.
1935 D. L. Sayers Gaudy Night xvii. 343 The long trek from the pavilion at Lord's to the far end of the pitch, with five wickets down and ninety needed to save the follow-on.
1955 Playfair Cricket Ann. 14 When last man Lindwall joined Johnson, five runs were still needed to save the follow on.
1987 R. Mistry Squatter in Tales from Firozsha Baag 147 The MCC waived their own second inning and gave the Indian team a follow-on, wanting to inflict an inning's defeat.
2017 Australian (Nexis) 7 Dec. 32 A decision not to enforce the follow-on proved almost catastrophic.
2. A continuation or outcome of something that has already been started or done; a thing that develops, or is a sequel to, something previously done or made. Also as a mass noun.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [noun] > subsequent event or act
after-cominga1382
subsequence1563
consequenta1627
post-fact1631
train1638
arrear1659
sequent1833
post hoc1843
sequence1853
follow-on1879
1879 Brit. Architect Aug. 39/1 After the rejection of the petition the adoption of the committee's report was of course merely a ‘follow on’.
1905 Autocar 4 Feb. 173/2 In a sense they are ‘the follow-ons’ of mechanical improvements which have been used before.
1944 Eng. Hist. Rev. 59 132 The opening phrase of the Miracula looks very like a ‘follow on’ from the De Statu.
1978 Standardization in Support of Developm. (U.S. Dept. Commerce National Bureau of Standards) 134 The 1963 Conference produced no follow-on, no set of mechanisms that would provide for adjustments.
2001 S. Crainer & D. Dearlove in Financial Times Handbk. Managem. (ed. 2) 608/2 A logical follow-on from intellectual capital, knowledge management is based on the idea that companies should make better use of their existing knowledge.
2013 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 3 Oct. d4 The first-generation Camaro was an instant classic. Then came the follow-ons, each of them worse than the previous model.
3. Stock Market. An issue of shares after a company's initial public offering; a follow-on offering (see sense B. 3).
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > specific operations or arrangements > share-issuing activities
scrip issue1841
public offer1854
bonus issue1868
inscription1884
public offering1889
capitalization issue1902
introduction1929
follow-on1985
1985 Venture (N.Y.) June 44/2 You have no assurance of how they'll [sc. corporate investors] behave with troubled companies or even in follow-ons.
1994 Business Communications Company Newsletters (Nexis) 1 Jan. Of that $3.2 billion, Initial Public Offerings accounted for $475 million,..follow-ons for $920 million.
2008 J. A. Pedersen Wall Street Primer (2009) xvi. 159 By-and-large, follow-ons do not contain the opportunists and speculators found in IPOs.
B. adj.
1. Cricket. Of or relating to a follow-on (sense A. 1).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > [adjective] > types of innings
defensive1832
chancy1875
runless1885
follow-on1890
chanceless1903
1890 Baily's Mag. June 406 In the ‘follow-on’ innings, the highest scorers in a total of 130 were Briggs 35, Peel 28, and A. E. Stoddart 21.
1897 Badminton Mag. Apr. 441 The original ‘follow-on’ limit was 100.
1989 Times (Nexis) 25 July The partnership had more than nuisance value for it pushed the follow-on score up to 300.
2018 Cape Argus (Nexis) 16 June 25 Afghanistan's batting order crumbled again in the follow-on innings.
2. That follows on from something already started or done; that develops, or is a sequel to, something previously done or made; esp. of a milk or infant formula: that is designed for weaning babies over six months old.
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the world > time > relative time > the future or time to come > succession or following in time > [adjective] > relating to succession of persons > succeeding (of a person, ruler, etc.)
succeeding1561
successive1595
incoming1753
follow-on1960
1902 Electr. Rev. 14 Nov. 833/1 The recommendation made was to reduce the ‘follow-on’ rate (after 6d. for the first hour) to 2½d. per unit.
1914 Amer. Machinist 16 July 122/1 This is where the average tool maker falls down on follow-on tools; he cannot see far enough ahead.
1960 Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. 94/1 (advt.) This new booklet contains advice about ‘follow-on’ feeding.
1964 Financial Times 12 Mar. 19/1 A large follow-on order for..engines.
1971 Nature 19 Mar. 143/2 It recommended that follow-on Vikings should be held in abeyance until the results of the first missions are analysed.
2006 Mother & Baby Aug. 13 Our range of follow-on milks all contain a bunch of goodies called prebiotics to help build natural defences.
3. Stock Market. Designating an issue of shares after a company's initial public offering (see initial public offering n. at initial adj. and n. Additions). Frequently in follow-on offering.
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1976 H. H. Stern Running your own Business xxi. 194 Intrastate offerings should be avoided because they hurt the chances of follow-on issues.
1991 PR Newswire (Nexis) 31 June The sale of 1,075,000 shares in a follow-on public offering.
2006 Michigan Law Rev. 104 1593 The IPO would not be Google's last chance to raise money in the equity markets, as evidenced by their recent follow-on offering.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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