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to carry out
01
to complete or conduct a task, job, etc.
Transitive: to carry out a task
Grammatical Information
Composition
phrasal
Action verb
Regular
Separable
Particle
out
Base verb
carry
Present tense
carry out
3rd person singular
carries out
Present participle
carrying out
Past simple
carried out
Past participle
carried out
Examples
The research team will carry out experiments to test the hypothesis and gather data.
02
to execute a decision, order, or directive
Transitive: to carry out an order or promise
Examples
The military was prepared to carry out the president's order to deploy troops in response to the crisis.
03
to physically move something or someone from one place to another
Examples
The movers were hired to carry out the furniture from the old apartment to the new one.
