Dictionary

carry out en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Australia) audio
• /ˈkæ.ɹi aʊt/
• (US)

Etymology

From Middle English caryen out, equivalent to carry + out (adverb).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To hold while moving it out.
   • We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop.
   • And so the little Rabbit was put into a sack with the old picture-books and a lot of rubbish, and carried out to the end of the garden behind the fowl-house. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
2. (idiomatic, transitive) To fulfill.
   • She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster.
   • Capello warned his players that caution was not an option as they went in search of the result that would take England to Euro 2012. And his message was carried out to the letter in the opening exchanges as England played with a tempo and threat Montenegro struggled to subdue. 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England:
   • The Boy was going to the seaside to-morrow. Everything was arranged, and now it only remained to carry out the doctor's orders. 1921 June, Margery Williams, “The Velveteen Rabbit: Or How Toys Become Real”, in Harper’s Bazar, volume LVI, number 6 (2504 overall), New York, N.Y.: International Magazine Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:
3. (transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.
   • Among the most modern of all the Pacific stock in Great Britain is the stud of "Merchant Navy" and "West Country" Pacifics on the Southern Region, and the rebuilding which is now being carried out, preserving all the best features of the Bulleid designs—such as the free-steaming boiler—and jettisoning the features that have given trouble, in particular the chain-driven valve-motion, should give the Southern a supply of highly-competent machines able to last out the remaining life of steam on the S.R. 1957 July 14, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 496:
   • The body design has been carried out to the requirements of the B.T.C. Design Panel in association with the Design Research Unit and its lines are described as "intentionally unelaborate". 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124–125:
   • For the entire last summer they were carrying out their plan to renovate the living room.
   • [B]ut easily two-thirds of the work we carried out in this exercise was the de-bogging of other vehicles around the original one. 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 123:

Forms

Relateds

carry off · carry through · carryout

Synonyms

run · discharge

Translations (127)

an efectuar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de erfüllen (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro pune în execuție (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de ausführen (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr effectuer (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr transporter dehors (to hold (something) while moving it out) · es llevar a cabo (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sl izvršiti (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr réaliser (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sc assolviri (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg извършвам (to execute, perform) · de realisieren (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fi toteuttaa (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sh izvŕšiti (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · oc complir (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ar شَغَّلَ (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · eo plenumi (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de abwickeln (to execute, perform) · es llevar a término (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sc assolviri (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · la perpetrō (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ko 행하다 (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · nl uitvoeren (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · be вы́несці (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ro căra afară (to hold (something) while moving it out) · sk vykonať (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sk vykonávať (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · it realizzare (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pt executar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de ausüben (to execute, perform) · ko 실행하다 (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ru исполня́ть (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ar نَفَّذَ (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pl wynieść (to hold (something) while moving it out) · hu véghezvisz (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ru испо́лнить (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sh izvoditi (to execute, perform) · fi täyttää (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · gl levar a cabo (to execute, perform) · sv utföra (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pt levar a cabo (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · es realizar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · an fer (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · uk ви́конати (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pt cumprir (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · mi whakatutuki (to execute, perform) · bg изпълня (to execute, perform) · eo efektivigi (to execute, perform) · pl wykonywać (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · hu végrehajt (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · la ministrō (to execute, perform) · sh izvršávati (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro exercita (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sl izvrševati (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de erledigen (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro transporta afară (to hold (something) while moving it out) · th ดำเนินการ (to execute, perform) · az yerinə yetirmək (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ang æfnan (to execute, perform) · an realizar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · lo ກະທຳ (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · az çıxarmaq (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ru выноси́ть (to hold (something) while moving it out) · an cumplir (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr mettre en application (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro realiza (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sdn asciulví (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pl wykonać (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sh изврша́вати (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fi suorittaa (to execute, perform) · fr mettre à exécution (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · az icra etmək (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · be вы́канаць (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · cs vykonat (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro înfăptui (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · mk изврши (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · it compiere (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de ausführen (to execute, perform) · da udføre (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pt realizar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr sortir (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ru вы́нести (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ca dur a terme (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ru выполня́ть (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pl wynosić (to hold (something) while moving it out) · mhr ышташ (to execute, perform) · uk ви́нести (to hold (something) while moving it out) · bg извъ́рша (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fa انجام شدن (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg изнасям (to hold (something) while moving it out) · mk врши (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · scn cùnchiri (to execute, perform) · be выно́сіць (to hold (something) while moving it out) · gl levar a cabo (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · fr accomplir (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · es llevar al cabo (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de austragen (to execute, perform) · uk вино́сити (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ro executa (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg извъ́ршвам (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · be выко́нваць (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · hu megvalósít (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · pt carregar (to hold (something) while moving it out) · fa انجامیدن (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ro scoate (to hold (something) while moving it out) · ru вы́полнить (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · cmn 進行 /进行 (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg изпълня́вам (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg извърша (to execute, perform) · zza herun arden (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · sh iznositi (to hold (something) while moving it out) · nb utføre (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · th กระทำ (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · ja 実行する (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg изпълнявам (to execute, perform) · sdc assulví (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · uk вико́нувати (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · izh veejä (to execute, perform) · ja 行う (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg изпъ́лня (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · de raus tragen (to hold (something) while moving it out) · sh извр́шити (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · es cumplir (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · oc realizar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · cs vykonávat (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · es efectuar (to fulfill — see also fulfill, realize) · bg износя (to hold (something) while moving it out)