carry out

See also: carryout

English

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Verb

carry out (third-person singular simple present carries out, present participle carrying out, simple past and past participle carried out)

(transitive) To hold while moving it out.
We’ll have to carry the piano out of the shop.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
  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.
(transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill.
She finally carried out her lifelong ambition when she appeared in a Hollywood blockbuster.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:
  The Boy was going to the seaside to-morrow. Everything was arranged, and now it only remained to carry out the doctor's orders.
- 2011, Phil McNulty, Euro 2012: Montenegro 2-2 England‎:
  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.
(transitive) To execute or perform; to put into operation; to do.
- 1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, pages 124-125:
  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".
- 2000, Bob Foster, Birdum or Bust!, Henley Beach, SA: Seaview Press, page 123:
  [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.

Related terms

carryout
carry off
carry through

Translations

to hold while moving something out

Azerbaijani: çıxarmaq (az)
Belarusian: выно́сіць impf (vynósicʹ), вы́несці pf (výnjesci)
French: sortir (fr), transporter dehors
German: raus (de) tragen (de)
Polish: wynieść (pl) pf, wynosić (pl) impf
Portuguese: carregar (pt)
Romanian: căra afară, scoate (ro), transporta afară
Russian: выноси́ть (ru) impf (vynosítʹ), вы́нести (ru) pf (výnesti)
Ukrainian: вино́сити impf (vynósyty), ви́нести pf (výnesty)

to fulfill — See also translations at fulfill

Arabic: شَغَّلَ‎ (šaḡḡala), نَفَّذَ‎ (naffaḏa)
Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirmək, icra etmək
Belarusian: выко́нваць impf (vykónvacʹ), вы́канаць pf (výkanacʹ)
Bulgarian: изпълня́вам (bg) impf (izpǎlnjávam), изпъ́лня (bg) pf (izpǎ́lnja), извъ́ршвам (bg) impf (izvǎ́ršvam), извъ́рша (bg) pf (izvǎ́rša)
Catalan: dur a terme (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進行／进行 (zh) (jìnxíng)
Czech: vykonávat (cs) impf, vykonat (cs) pf
Danish: udføre
Dutch: uitvoeren (nl)
Finnish: toteuttaa (fi), täyttää (fi)
French: réaliser (fr), accomplir (fr), mettre en application, mettre à exécution (fr), effectuer (fr)
Galician: levar a cabo (gl)
Gallurese: asciulví
German: realisieren (de), erfüllen (de), erledigen (de), ausführen (de)
Hungarian: véghezvisz (hu), végrehajt (hu), megvalósít (hu)
Italian: compiere (it), realizzare (it)
Japanese: 行う (ja) (おこなう, okonau), 実行する (ja) (じっこうする, jikkō suru)
Korean: 실행하다 (ko) (silhaenghada), 행하다 (ko) (haenghada)
Lao: ກະທຳ (lo) (ka tham)
Latin: perpetrō
Macedonian: врши impf (vrši), изврши pf (izvrši)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: utføre (no)
Occitan: complir (oc), realizar (oc)
Persian: انجامیدن‎ (fa) (anjâmidan), انجام شدن‎ (anjâm šodan)
Polish: wykonywać (pl) impf, wykonać (pl) pf
Portuguese: levar a cabo, realizar (pt), cumprir (pt), executar (pt)
Romanian: realiza (ro), executa (ro), pune în execuție, exercita (ro), înfăptui (ro)
Russian: выполня́ть (ru) impf (vypolnjátʹ), вы́полнить (ru) pf (výpolnitʹ), исполня́ть (ru) impf (ispolnjátʹ), испо́лнить (ru) pf (ispólnitʹ)
Sardinian:
Campidanese: assolviri
Logudorese: assolviri
Sassarese: assulví
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: изврша́вати impf, извр́шити pf
Roman: izvršávati (sh) impf, izvŕšiti (sh) pf
Slovak: vykonávať impf, vykonať pf
Slovene: izvrševati impf, izvršiti pf
Spanish: llevar a cabo (es), realizar (es), cumplir (es)
Swedish: utföra (sv)
Thai: กระทำ (th) (grà-tam)
Ukrainian: вико́нувати impf (vykónuvaty), ви́конати pf (výkonaty)
Zazaki: herun arden

to execute, perform

German: abwickeln (de), ausführen (de), ausüben (de) f, austragen (de) (match)
Latin: ministrō
Maori: whakatutuki
Old English: æfnan
Thai: ดำเนินการ (th) (dam-nəən-gaan)

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Romanian: ^{(please verify)} a tine ceva (in timp ce e deplasat), ^{(please verify)} a implinii

Anagrams

curatory, outcarry