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carrying forward

carrying forward is the present participle and gerund 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 carrying forward

What is carrying forward the present participle and gerund of?
Carrying forward is the present participle and gerund of carry forward.

Words near carrying forward in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carrying 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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