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carried out

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

Meaning of carry out

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To hold while moving it out.
    • We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To fulfill.
    • She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster.
    Synonyms:
    discharge
  3. (transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.
    • For the entire last summer they were carrying out their plan to renovate the living room.
    Synonyms:
    run

Questions about carried out

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

Words near carried out in the dictionary

  1. carried on
  2. carried on like a pork chop
  3. carried one's own hide to market
  4. carried one's weight
  5. carried oneself
  6. carried out
  7. carried out one's bat
  8. carried over
  9. carried owls to Athens
  10. carried someone's water
  11. carried the ball

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carried out (page history and authors); carry out (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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