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Carry Through

Definition: Carry Through

Carry Through

Verb

1. Bring to execution; "carry out a task"; "carry out the surgery".

2. Bring into safety; "We pulled through most of the victims of the bomb attack".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Carry Through

Synonyms: accomplish (v), bring through (v), carry out (v), execute (v), fulfil (v), fulfill (v), pull through (v), save (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Carry Through

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Completion

Do thoroughly, not do by halves,go the whole hog; drive home; be in at the death; (persevere) a; carry through, play out, exhaust; fill the bill.

Conduct

Verb: transact, execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; do; officiate.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Carry Through

Specialty definitions using "carry through": wash sale. (references)
Etymologies containing "carry through": transaction. (references)

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Speeches: Carry Through

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

Richard Nixon

1969-1974I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the personal agony it would have involved, and my family unanimously urged me to do so.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Expressions: Carry Through

Expressions using "carry through": carry through to the end To carry through. Additional references.

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

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Modern Translation: Carry Through

Language Translations for "carry through"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

zbatoj (act, apply, apply to, carry out, dispense, effectuate, enforce, execute, follow, obey, observe, practise, realize), shpëtoj (bring off, bring through, creep out, deliver, elude, escape, extricate, flee, get away, get off the hook, get out, get rid, get rid of, heal, preserve, rescue, rid, salvage, save, skip, spare), kryej (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, commit, despatch, discharge, dispatch, do, effect, effectuate, execute, face it out, fill, fulfil, fulfill, perfect, perform, process, prosecute, put through, wage), i jap kurajë, bëj (achieve, act, beget, carry into effect, carry on, carry out, catch, cause, commit, create, do, effect, effectuate, fabricate, grow, have, make, make up, navigate, pay, perform, perpetrate, proceed, render, study, transact, wage, wreak). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كمل (accomplish, complete, fill up, finish, proceed, replenish, supplement). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

осъществявам (accomplish, achieve, carry into effect, embody, fulfil, fulfill, implement, incarnate, instrument, materialize, put into effect, realize), завършвам (accomplish, complete, conclude, crown, end, end up, eventuate, finish, perfect, round, round off, round out, terminate, wind up), провеждам (conduct, instrument, pursue, put through, run off, transact, wage), подкрепям (aid, back, back up, bear out, bolster, buttress, corroborate, countenance, enlist, give a hand, patronize, piece in, promote, prop up, refresh, second, stand by, stand to, stick by, stick up for, support, sustain, take up, undergird, underlie, underpin, uphold, verify, weigh in with), извеждам докрай (follow up), довеждам докрай (consummate). (various references)

   

Czech

  

prosadit (enforce, put across, uphold), převést přes. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verwezenlýken (accomplish, achieve, act out), tot stand brengen (accomplish, achieve, act out), doorvoeren (accomplish, achieve, act out, apply, practice), bewerkstelligen (accomplish, achieve, act out, produce). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

suorittaa (carry out, defray, do, effect, execute, make, pass, pay, perform, settle, solve). (various references)

   

French

  

réaliser (carry out), mener bonne fin. (various references)

   

German

  

zu ende führen (to conclude), erfüllen (accomplish, achieve, carry out, come up to, comply, comply with, discharge, fill, fill in, fill up, fulfil, fulfill, imbue, implement, impregnate, inform, keep, make, meet, observe, perform, pervade, preoccupy, prepossess, redeem, satisfy, serve, to comply, transfuse), durchsetzen (accomplish, achieve, force, infiltrate, intersperse, push through, put through, season), ausrichten (accomplish, achieve, act out, align, arrange, bias, bring into line, deliver, gear, give a message, joggle, justify, line up, organize, orient, orientate, pass on, range, relay, tell, to align, to justify, to orient), ausführen (accomplish, achieve, act out, argue, carry out, do, execute, executing, expedite, explain, explicate, export, go through with, handle, implement, instrument, keep, obey, observe, parade, perform, performing, set out, take for a walk, to accomplish, to achieve, to effect, to expedite, to export, to realize, undertake, walk), überstehen lassen. (various references)

   

Greek 

  

αποπερατώ, τα βγάζω πέρα (carry it off, cope with, get by, make ends meet). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

ל"שלים (accomplish, achieve, come to terms, complete, finish, perfect, round off, submit, supplement, top off, top up), ל"פוך למוחשי. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

végigcsinál (to carry through, to go through). (various references)

   

Italian

  

compiere (accomplish, achieve, carry out, come true, complete, discharge, do, effect, encompass, end, exert, fill, finish, fulfil, fulfill, have, implement, keep, make, observe, perform). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

遣り通す (to achieve, to carry through, to complete), 押し通す (to carry out, to carry through, to have one's own way, to persist in, to push through), 弁ずる (to carry through, to discriminate, to dispose of, to distinguish, to manage), 弁じる (to argue, to carry through, to discriminate, to dispose of, to distinguish, to manage, to speak, to talk). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

おしとおす (to carry out, to carry through, to have one's own way, to persist in, to push through), べ"ずる (to answer the purpose, to carry through, to discriminate, to dispose of, to distinguish, to make convenient, to manage, will do), べ"じる (to answer the purpose, to argue, to carry through, to discriminate, to dispose of, to distinguish, to make convenient, to manage, to speak, to talk, will do), やりとおす (to achieve, to carry through, to complete). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

arrycay oughthray

   

Polish

  

zrealizować, urzeczywistniać. (various references)

   

Portuguese

  

acabar (accomodate, buzz, cease, come to an end, conclude, consummate, end, expire, finish, phase out, round, squelch, terminate). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

continua (bide, carry on, continue, follow, go on, hold, keep, keep it up, keep on, keep up, last, persist, play off, proceed, prosecute, pursue, resume), sprijini (abet, back, bear, bolster, boost, brace, buttress, carry, countenance, encourage, endorse, forward, ground, help, lean, line up behind, patronize, prop, recline, rest, second, speed, sponsor, stay, strike a blow for, strut, superinduce, support, take up the cudgels for, uphold), scoate din încurcãturã, ajuta (abet, accomodate, advantage, aid, answer, assist, avail, back up, befriend, benefit, carry, comfort, encourage, fillip, help, minister to, promote, prop, push, relieve, second, serve, succor, succour, support, sustain). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

осуществить. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

sprovesti (carry out, conduct, convey, escort, instal, install, lead, put in, put through, take), proneti (carry past, spread), privesti kraju, izvršiti (accomplish, carry out, commit, execute, implement, perform, perpetrate). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

sostener (abet, absorb, bear, bear up, carry, hold, hold up, keep up, live, maintain, meet, support, sustain, uphold, wear), realizar (accomplish, achieve, act out, actualize, answer, attain, bring into being, bring off, carry into effect, carry out, do, enable, enforce, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, level, perform, produce, realize, tackle, take on), llevar a término (carry for full term), llevar a cabo (accomplish, achieve, bring off, bring to pass, carry out, come, effect, execute, go through with, implement, make good, prosecute, pull through, push through, put through, realize, see it through, see out, see through, top off, transact), ejecutar (accomplish, discharge, enforce, execute, implement, knock off, live up, perform, run), ayudar a superar. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

hjälpa igenom (put through, see through, tide over), genomföra (accomplish, follow out, go through with, implement, put through, realize, transact), driva igenom (carry, railroad). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yerine getirmek (accomplish, acquit oneself, answer, complete, discharge, execute, fulfil, fulfill, implement, make good, meet, observe, perform, put in force, redeem, satisfy, serve, settle, stick to), sonuca ulaştırmak, gerçekleştirmek (achieve, actualize, carry out, effect, effectuate, execute, follow out, follow through, make real, materialize, practice, practise, put into practice, realize, substantiate, verify), bitirmek (break up, bring to an end, bring to completion, call it off, cease, clean up, clear off, close, complete, conclude, consume, deplete, drink, end, end off, exhaust, expend, fetch up, finish, fulfil, fulfill, get through, graduate, leave off, make an end of, play out, point, polish off, put a stop to, put an end to, put through, round out, run out, sign off, snuff out, swallow up, terminate, use up, wind up, work off, wrap it up), başarmak (accomplish, achieve, arrive, bring home the bacon, bring off, carry out, click, come through, compass, conquer, contrive, get things done, get through, hit the mark, make out, negotiate, overcome, pan out, pan out well, prosper, pull off, sew up, succeed, swing, tackle, win through). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

здійснити (put through), провести, довести до кінця. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Carry Through

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

perduco, perferant, perferentes, perferre, perferri, perlata, perlatum, perlatus, perpetrandam, perpetrant, perpetrarat, perpetrarit, perpetrarunt, perpetrassent, perpetrastis, perpetratum, perpetravit, pertulerunt, pertuleruntque, pertulit. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: Carry Through

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-g-h-h-o-r-r-r-t-u-y"

-4 letters: carryout.

-5 letters: carroty, curator, curragh, grayout, grouchy, gyrator, haughty, through, trochar, yoghurt.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Speeches
5. Expressions
6. Translations: Modern
7. Translations: Ancient
8. Anagrams
9. Bibliography


  

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