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carry over

carry over verb: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.

Verb

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

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
    • We carried her over the bridge.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
    • The rent was carried over to December.
    • So many candidates there were that the ceremonies were carried over to the next morning.
  3. (transitive) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
  4. (intransitive) To continue cooking after being removed from a heat source.
    • The chicken will carry over before it is served.
  5. (figuratively, transitive) To transfer.
    • Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to...2012 May 15, Scott Tobias, “Film: Reviews: The Dictator”, in The Onion AV Club
  6. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.

carry over meaning in Bengali

carry over in Bengali

স্থানান্তর করা

Forms of carry over

third-person singular presentcarries over
present participlecarrying over
past participlecarried over
pastcarried over

Origin of carry over

Attested since the 17th century; listed for instance in Elisha Coles' 1676 dictionary as a translation of transfer, thereby possibly a calque of Latin transfero; compare Dutch overdragen, German übertragen.

Words formed from carry over

Questions about carry over

What does carry over mean?
Carry over means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
What is carry over in Bengali?
Carry over in Bengali is স্থানান্তর করা. See Carry over meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is carry over?
Carry over is a verb.
What is the past tense of carry over?
The past tense of carry over is carried over.

Words near carry over in the dictionary

  1. carry one's point
  2. carry one's weight
  3. carry oneself
  4. carry out
  5. carry out one's bat
  6. carry over
  7. carry owls to Athens
  8. carry someone's water
  9. carry the ball
  10. carry the bat
  11. carry the can

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carry over (page history and authors); carry over (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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