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Definition: Carry Over |
Carry OverVerb1. Persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another. 2. Transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal". 3. Hold over goods to be sold for the next season. 4. Transfer from one time period to the next, as in accounting, for example. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Carry OverSynonyms: carry forward (v), hold over (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Accounts | Verb: keep accounts, enter, post, book, credit, debit, carry over; take stock; balance accounts, make up accounts, square accounts, settle accounts, wind up accounts, cast up accounts; make accounts square, square accounts. |
Transference | Verb: transfer, transmit, transport, transplace, transplant, translocate; convey, carry, bear, fetch and carry; carry over, ferry over; hand pass, forward; shift; conduct, convoy, bring, fetch, reach; tote; port, import, export. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Christian Nevell Bovee | For cowards the road of desertion should be left open; they will carry over to the enemy nothing, but their fears. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Economic History | Japan | A special tax measure allows designated inward investors to carry over certain losses for tax purposes for ten years rather than for the normal five years. (references) |
Political Economy | Slovak Republic | The Government chose to carry over the entire body of CSFR domestic legislation and international treaty obligations, which still were being renewed or updated. (references) |
Trade | Panama | Lastly, the developer may carry over losses from the year in which the loss takes place. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
carry over water | 3 |
carry over shoulder woman | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "carry over"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zgjas (delay, drag out, draw out, elongate, extend, lengthen, let down, postpone, project, prolong, protract, spin out, spread, stretch), vazhdoj (carry on, continue, extend, go ahead, go on, hold on, hold over, keep, keep on, maintain, pick up, press on, proceed, prosecute, pursue, push on, run, spread), tepron (hang over), shtyj (actuate, adjourn, bring, dare, delay, detrude, dig, dispose, drive, dub, flip, goad, hang up, hold over, hustle, impel, incite, induce, instigate, jab, jog, jolt, jostle, jumble, lead on, leave over, lengthen, motivate, motive, move, postpone, pressurize, propel, push, recess, shove, thrust, trundle, urge, waive, walk), pjesë e mbetur, më mbetet, lë për më vonë (hold over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | تأجيل (adjournment, continuation, deferment, delay, postponement, procrastination, prorogation, reprieve, respite), أجل (adjourn, continue, defer, delay, dignify, esteem, glorify, hold over, honor, honour, look up to, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, rather, refer back, regard, remit, set aside, shelve, stall, suspend, table, value, yep, yes). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сума за пренос, остатък от нещо (stump), отлагам (defer, delay, drive, hold over, lay over, leave over, lie over, postpone, precipitate, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, put over, respite, scrub, shelve, shunt, sidetrack, stay, suspend), нещо отложено, нещо пренесено, пренасям на друга страница (carry forward), пренасям на друга графа (carry forward), пренасям (carry, convey, freight, transport). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 挎 (carry on one's arm, carry over one's shoulder or slung on one's side). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | převést úèet. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | carry over, overschrijving van de ene groep van produkten naar de andere, meesleuren (carry down, entrain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | transfert de groupes a groupes de produits, transfert, reporter (carry forward), entraîner (carry, carry away). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | vortragen (carry forward, convey, declaim, deliver, express, Lodge, perform, play, pose, present, recite, report, state, to declaim, to recite), vertragen (do with, endure, hold over, leave over, remand, stand, stomach, take, to tolerate, tolerate), mitschleppen (inherit), mitreissen (carry down, entrain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | átvitel (balance to next account, carried forward, transfer, transference, transmission, transmitting, transposition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | riporto (agio, banking, carry, carryforward, carryover, fill, insulation fill, patched piece, premium, rock fill). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 持ち越す (to carry forward, to carry over, to defer, to keep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | もち"す (to carry forward, to carry over, to defer, to keep). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | cur lesh er oaie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arrycay overay surplus (excess, gash, overplus, overspill, redundance, redundancy, surcharge, surplus), rest (balance, change, end, oddment, patch, remainder, remanent, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, rump, survival, tailing), reporta (bring forward, carry, carry forward), report (carry forward), influenţã (action, ascendancy, authority, credit, effect, force, hold, impact, influence, influenza, leaven, potency, push, reaction, weight), duce dincolo. (various references) перенос (carry, transfer, transferal, transposition), пережиток (hangover, holdover, leftover, remnant, survival, survivals), излишек (excess, over, overage, overplus, superabundance, superfluity, surplus, surplusage). (various references) preneti (assign, broadcast, carry, carry forward, communicate, convey, negotiate, relay, remise, translate), odložiti (adjourn, defer, delay, lay aside, postpone, put off, remit, reprieve, reserve, respite, retard, stay, table), nositi preko. (various references) posponer (hold over, leave over, postpone, put off, subordinate, table). (various references) uppskjuta (adjourn, defer, delay, hold over, launch, lay over, leave over, postpone, put off, remit, suspend), transportera (carry, carry forward, convey, extend, ferry, lift, move, ship off, transfer, transport, truck), transport (carriage, haulage, portage, shipment, shipping, transit, transport, transportation), bära över, överskott (excess, margin, overbalance, overflow, overplus, redundancy, residue, surplus), överföra (carry, carry forward, communicate, convey, transfer, transmit). (various references) nakletmek (bear, bring forward, carry, carry forward, communicate, convey, freight, graft, implant, recount, remove, route, ship, transfer, transplant, transport, wear), gelmek (arrive, attain, come, come to, come up to, fall on, get, go on, go to scale at, pull, put in, roll up, scale in, scale out, set, stem, turn the scale at, weigh), ertelemek (adjourn, continue, defer, delay, hang up, hold off, hold over, lay aside, lay by, lay over, leave over, postpone, procrastinate, put off, reprieve, reserve, respite, scrub, shelve, sidetrack, stay, suspend, table, waive), devam etmek (attend, carry forward, continue, draw, endure, follow on, get along, go ahead, go ahead with smth., go along, go on, hang over, hold, keep at, keep going, keep on, keep up, last, pass on, persist, proceed, progress, prosecute, pursue, push, run on, stand, stand to). (various references) транспорт (carriage, convoy, traffic, transport, transportation), залишок (end, left over, relic, remainder, remains, remnant, residual, stump, vestige, vestigium), перехідний запас, перевозити (bear, carry, convey, put across, ship, take over, tote, transport), переносити (bear, carry, endure, move about, move around, transfer, vouchsafe, waft), перенос (hyphenation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | transferre. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 2 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 18 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai cilioi andreV met' autou ek tou beniamin kai siba to paidarion tou oikou saoul kai deka pente uioi autou met' autou kai eikosi douloi autou met' autou kai kateuqunan ton iordanhn emprosqen tou basilewV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Transierunt vada ut transducerent domum regis et facerent iuxta iussionem eius Semei autem filius Gera prostratus coram rege cum iam transisset Iordanem |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Passeden the forthis, that thei brengen ouer the hows of the kyng, and doon after his comaundynge. Forsothe Semei, the sone of Gera, faln doun before the kyng, whanne now he hadde passid Jordan, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And there went over a ferry-boat to carry over the king's household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he came over Jordan; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And kept going across the river to take the people of the king's house over, and to do whatever was desired by the king. And Shimei, the son of Gera, went down on his face in the dust before the king, when he was about to go over Jordan, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | 2 Samuel Chapter 19, Verse 18 |
| Cebuano | Ug didto may usa ka sakayan nga tabokanan aron sa pagdala sa mga sulod-balay sa hari, ug sa paghimo sumala sa maayo sa iyang hunahuna. Ug si Semei, ang anak nga lalake ni Gera mihapa sa atubangan sa hari, sa diha nga nakatabok na siya sa Jordan. |
| Croatian | Imao je sa sobom tisuæu ljudi od Benjaminova plemena. I Siba, sluga aulova doma, sa petnaest svojih sinova i dvadeset svojih slugu, doðe do Jordana pred kralja. |
| Danish | og de var sat over Vadestedet for at sætte Kongens Hus over og være ham til Tjeneste. Men da Kongen skulde til at gå over Floden kastede Simei, Geras Søn, sig ned for ham |
| Dutch | Als nu de pont overvoer, om het huis des konings over te halen, en te doen, wat goed was in zijn ogen, zo viel Simei, de zoon van Gera, neder voor het aangezicht des konings, als hij over de Jordaan voer; |
| Finnish | ja menneet yli kahlauspaikasta tuomaan kuninkaan perhettä ja toimittamaan, mitä hän näkisi hyväksi määrätä. Mutta Siimei, Geeran poika, heittäytyi kuninkaan eteen, kun hän oli lähtemässä Jordanin yli, |
| German | und die Fähre war hinübergegangen, daß sie das Gesinde des Königs hinüberführten und täten, was ihm gefiel. Simei aber, der Sohn Geras, fiel vor dem König nieder, da er über den Jordan fuhr, |
| Hungarian | Kompot is vivének által, hogy a király háznépét általhozzák, és hogy kedve szerint cselekedjenek. Sémei pedig Gérának fia, térdre esék a király elõtt, mikor a Jordánon általment. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka membantu keluarga raja menyeberangi serta melakukan segala yang disuruh raja kepada mereka. Pada saat raja hendak menyeberangi sungai, Simei sujud di hadapannya dan berkata, |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka adalah satu rakit pergi datang akan menyeberangkan segala orang isi istana baginda dan akan menyampaikan kehendak hati baginda; maka sementara bagindapun menyeberang Yarden sujudlah Simai bin Gera itu di hadapan baginda dengan mukanya sampai ke bumi, |
| Italian | Aveva con sé mille uomini di Beniamino. Zib , il servo della casa di Saul, i suoi quindici figli con lui e i suoi venti servi si erano precipitati al Giordano prima del re |
| Maori | I whiti ano he perepoti hei whakawhiti mo te whare o te kingi, hei mea hoki i nga mea e pai ana ki tona whakaaro. Na ka tapapa a Himei tama a Kera ki te aroaro o te kingi, i a ia ka whiti nei i Horano. |
| Portuguese | atravessando o vau para trazer a casa do rei e para fazer o que aprouvesse a ele. Quando o rei ia passar o Jordão, Simei, filho de Gêra, se prostrou diante dele, |
| Rumanian | Luntrea, pusq la kndemkna kmpqratului, tocmai pornise ca sq -i treacq wi casa dincolo; wi kn clipa cknd era sq treacq kmpqratul Iordarnul, Wimei, fiul lui Ghera, s`a knchinat knaintea lui. |
| Swedish | Och färjan gick över för att överföra konungens familj, och för att användas efter hans gottfinnande. Men Simei, Geras son, föll ned inför konungen, när han skulle fara över Jordan, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: carryover. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-o-r-r-r-v-y" | |
-2 letters: recarry. | |
-3 letters: carver, craver, orrery, roarer. | |
-4 letters: carer, carry, carve, caver, corer, cover, covey, coyer, crave, crore, error, ocrea, ovary, racer, rarer, raver, rover, yarer. | |
-5 letters: acre, aero, aery, arco, arvo, aver, care, carr, cave, cavy, cero, core, cory, cove, eyra, orca, orra, over, oyer, race, racy, rare, rave, rear, roar, rove, vary, vera. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-o-r-r-r-v-y" | |
+1 letter: carryovers. | |
+4 letters: irrecoverably. | |
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