verb
1. transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another (Freq. 4)
• Derivationally related forms: ↑carry-over
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s
2. transport from one place or state to another (Freq. 2)
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Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal
• Hypernyms: ↑transport
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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Somebody ——s somebody
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Something ——s somebody
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Something ——s something
3. hold over goods to be sold for the next season
• Syn: ↑hold over
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
4. transfer from one time period to the next
• Syn: ↑carry forward
• Topics: ↑accountancy, ↑accounting
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something
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extend beyond the normal or original area of application
his artistic practice is clearly carrying over into his social thought
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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
— see also ↑carryover
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Main Entry: ↑carry
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ˌcarry ˈover derived
to continue to exist in a different situation
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Attitudes learned at home carry over into the playground.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.