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carries forward

carries forward is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 carries forward

What is carries forward the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Carries forward is the third-person singular simple present indicative of carry forward.

Words near carries forward in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carries 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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