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TO CARRY ON

Definition: TO CARRY ON

TO CARRY ON

1. (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 


Crosswords: TO CARRY ON

English words defined with "TO CARRY ON": Because of, Burden of proofcanal boat, carryDelateFascet, foreign missiongensheartKneebrushLitigiousnessmettle, Militiate, mission, missionary post, missionary stationname, narrowboat, nervepack, piggyback, Powder monkeySaddlebags, spunk, stage, stagecoachTo go it, To levy a fine, transportWindrow. (references)
Etymologies containing "TO CARRY ON": ColporteurlitigationMilitiatePicul. (references)

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Modern Usage: TO CARRY ON

DomainUsage

Screenplays

You're like Jerry Lewis, you give me hope to carry on, then you leave me in the lurch while you strap on your six-guns (The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension; writing credit: Earl Mac Rauch)

Somebody's gonna have to carry on my family name. (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen)

Lyrics

You want to carry on (Lost In Love; performing artist: Air Supply)

For the will to carry on (I Turn to You; performing artist: Christina Aguilera)

To carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going (Superman's Song; performing artist: Crash Test Dummies)

It's hard to carry on (Dreamtime; performing artist: Daryl Hall)

In every moment there's a reason to carry on (Whenever I Call You Friend; performing artist: KENNY LOGGINS)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: TO CARRY ON

DomainTitle

Books

  • Jacob's Journey: Wisdom to Find the Way, Strength to Carry on (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: TO CARRY ON

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

Coast Guard Auxiliary. Guardians of inland waters. Trimming sail. A Coast Guardsman climbs the mast of a schooner on patrol duty off Boston. Coast Guard auxiliarists are given instructions to carry on such work as the need arises. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: TO CARRY ON

AuthorQuotation

Silas Weir Mitchell

It's easier traveling the road of life when I don't have so much to carry on my back.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: TO CARRY ON

AuthorDateQuotation

Treaty of Versailles

1919

When vessels and tugs are ceded, such vessels and tugs, together with their fittings and gear, shall be in good state of repair, shall be in condition to carry on commercial traffic on the Rhine, and shall be selected from among those most recently built. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: TO CARRY ON

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The use of relatively long dwell-time peritoneal exchanges [continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD)] has enabled individuals to carry on normal daily activities without the use of machines or other appliances. (references)

The nucleus of every human cell in a healthy person's body contains a vast chemical information database that carries all the instructions the cell needs to carry on all its functions (the only exception is mature red blood cells, which have no nucleus). (references)

Business

Establishment of a representative office in Lithuania gives the foreign company a legal presence in the country, but does not permit it to carry on any economic activity, and is thus useful only for assessing business opportunities. (references)

Economic History

Argentina

To carry on a habitual activity, a foreign company must establish a branch (sucursal) in Argentina. (references)

Romania

Representative offices are not entitled to carry on economic activities on their own behalf or on behalf of the parent. (references)

Sri Lanka

There is also legal provision for a company to be registered as an off shore company, in order to carry on business outside Sri Lanka. (references)

Indigenous People

Sri Lanka

The executive order granted the Veddas the freedom to protect their culture and to carry on their traditional way of life without hindrance. (references)

Political Economy

FINLAND

Foreigners residing outside of the EEA who wish to carry on trade as private entrepreneurs or as partners in a Finnish limited or general partnership must get a trade permit from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) before starting a business in Finland. (references)

Trade

Malaysia

Importers and exporters have sufficient access to foreign exchange to carry on their business. (references)

Worker Rights

Pakistan

Unions associated with opposition parties are allowed to carry on their activities freely. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: TO CARRY ON

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989President, I want our fellow citizens to know how much you did to carry on this tradition.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Modern Translation: TO CARRY ON

Language Translations for "TO CARRY ON"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

進行 (in progress, to advance, to carry out, to conduct, to do, to execute, underway), 繼承 (to inherit, to succeed), 接 (after that, continue, then, to follow, went on to), (chapter, examination paper, to roll, to sweep up). (various references)

   

German

  

weiterführen (carry on, continue, lead on, pursue, take up). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

továbbvisz (to take on), tovább csinál (to keep going), szokatlan módon viselkedik, jeleneteket csinál, furcsán viselkedik, folytat (carry on, continue, go on, pursue, to exercise, to follow, to inquire, to keep going, to ply, to propagandize, to prosecute, to restart, to resume). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

事'運ぶ (to go ahead, to proceed), 営む (to run a business), 勤め行なう . (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

つとめお"なう, いとなむ (to run a business), "と'は"ぶ (to go ahead, to proceed). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

otay arrycay onay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: TO CARRY ON

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

proveho. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: TO CARRY ON

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r-r-t-y"

-1 letter: cartoony, contrary, coronary, cryotron, octonary.

-2 letters: carroty, carryon, cartoon, coranto, oratory.

-3 letters: aroynt, arroyo, cantor, carrot, carton, contra, corona, craton, crayon, croton, notary, orator, racoon, rancor, ratoon, rotary, trocar, tycoon.

-4 letters: acorn, actor, atony, canto, canty, carny, carry, conto, corny, cotan, crony, croon, cyano, cyton, narco, octan, racon, rayon, rooty, rotor, taroc, tarry, toyon.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-n-o-o-r-r-t-y"
 

+3 letters: confirmatory, consecratory, conservatory, contemporary, gerontocracy, postcoronary.

 

+4 letters: chronotherapy, concretionary, contradictory.

 

+5 letters: congratulatory, contemporarily, contractionary, cryoprotectant, recommendatory, reconciliatory, uncontemporary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: TO CARRY ON


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 4F      43 41 52 52 59      4F 4E

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

        

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01001111 00100000 01000011 01000001 01010010 01010010 01011001 00100000 01001111 01001110

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#79 &#32 &#67 &#65 &#82 &#82 &#89 &#32 &#79 &#78

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 004F      0043 0041 0052 0052 0059      004F 004E

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54492373552525924948

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Photo Album
6. Quotations: Familiar
7. Quotations: Historic
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Quotations: Speeches
10. Translations: Modern
11. Translations: Ancient
12. Anagrams
13. Orthography
14. Bibliography


  

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