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carried forward

carried forward is the simple past and past participle of carry forward.

Meaning of carry forward

Verb

carry forward (third-person singular simple present carries forward, present participle carrying forward, simple past and past participle carried forward)

  1. (idiomatic) To transfer to a new page, column, ledger, or similar entity.
  2. (idiomatic) To apply to the taxable income of following years, thereby easing the overall tax burden; carry over.

Questions about carried forward

What is carried forward the simple past and past participle of?
Carried forward is the simple past and past participle of carry forward.

Words near carried forward in the dictionary

  1. carried away
  2. carried coals to Newcastle
  3. carried conviction
  4. carried corn
  5. carried everything before one
  6. carried forward
  7. carried interest
  8. carried off
  9. carried on
  10. carried on like a pork chop
  11. carried one's own hide to market

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carried forward (page history and authors); carry forward (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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