carry over

carry over
verb
1. transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑carry-over
• Hypernyms: ↑prevail, ↑persist, ↑die hard, ↑run, ↑endure
• Verb Frames:
-

Something ——s

2. transport from one place or state to another (Freq. 2)
-

Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal

• Hypernyms: ↑transport
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s something

-

Somebody ——s somebody

-

Something ——s somebody

-

Something ——s something

3. hold over goods to be sold for the next season
• Syn: ↑hold over
• Hypernyms: ↑keep, ↑hold on
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s something

4. transfer from one time period to the next
• Syn: ↑carry forward
• Topics: ↑accountancy, ↑accounting
• Hypernyms: ↑transfer, ↑shift
• Verb Frames:
-

Somebody ——s something

* * *

extend beyond the normal or original area of application

his artistic practice is clearly carrying over into his social thought

* * *

carry over [phrasal verb]
1 : to continue to exist or be seen in another place or situation

His unhappiness at home carried over into/to his work.

Her abilities in singing didn't carry over to acting.

2 carry (something) over or carry over (something) : to cause or allow (something) to continue in another place or situation

People can carry bad eating habits learned in childhood over to/into adulthood.

— see also ↑carryover
• • •
Main Entry: ↑carry

* * *

ˌcarry ˈover derived
to continue to exist in a different situation

•

Attitudes learned at home carry over into the playground.

Main entry: ↑carryderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • carry-over — carry .over n [singular] 1.) something you do, or something that happens now, that is the result of a situation that existed in the past carry over from ▪ Some of the problems schools are facing are a carry over from the previous government s… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • carry over — {v.} 1. To save for another time. * /The store had some bathing suits it had carried over from last year./ * /What you learn in school should carry over into adult life./ 2. To transfer (as a figure) from one column, page, or book to another. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • carry over — {v.} 1. To save for another time. * /The store had some bathing suits it had carried over from last year./ * /What you learn in school should carry over into adult life./ 2. To transfer (as a figure) from one column, page, or book to another. *… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • carry-over — ˈcarry ˌover noun [singular] 1. ACCOUNTING an amount of money earned in a particular year that is still available to be spent the following year: carry over from/​to • The £20 million included a £7 million carry over from last year s budget. 2.… …   Financial and business terms

  • carry-over — index balance (amount in excess), remainder (remaining part) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 carry over …   Law dictionary

  • carry over — (something) to allow something you deal with to continue existing. I try not to let my problems at work carry over into my private life. She couldn t pay the full amount she owed, so she carried over part of it to the next month …   New idioms dictionary

  • carry over — index continue (resume), holdover Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 carry over …   Law dictionary

  • carry-over — [kar′ē ō΄vər] n. 1. the act of carrying over 2. something carried or left over …   English World dictionary

  • carry over — ► carry over 1) keep to use or deal with in a new context. 2) postpone. Main Entry: ↑carry …   English terms dictionary

  • carry over — v. (D; tr.) to carry over from; to (carry these figures over to the next page; to carry over a tradition from one generation to another) * * * [ kærɪ əʊvə] to (carry over these figures over to the next page; to carry over a tradition from one… …   Combinatory dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”