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Antonyms for carries over


Grammar : Verb
Spell : kar-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkær i



Definition of carries over

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • As in reopen : verb continue
  • As in restart : verb continue
  • As in continue : verb begin again; resume
Example sentences :
  • He is provided with a bushy tail which he carries over his back, squirrel fashion.
  • Extract from : « The Mystic Mid-Region » by Arthur J. Burdick
  • That's connected to the arc light circuit--it carries over a thousand volts.
  • Extract from : « Tom Swift and his Photo Telephone » by Victor Appleton
  • The second stanza (which carries over to the third) of that Ode is what is technically called a 'stinker.'
  • Extract from : « A Diversity of Creatures » by Rudyard Kipling
  • It will be its transform by the point-transformation which carries over from our world to theirs.
  • Extract from : « The Foundations of Science: Science and Hypothesis, The Value of Science, Science and Method » by Henri Poincar
  • Water distilled from it acquires its peculiar smell, but carries over no volatile oil.
  • Extract from : « A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines » by Andrew Ure
  • As for Frenssen, he is a parson by trade, and carries over into the novel a good deal of the windy moralizing of the pulpit.
  • Extract from : « A Book of Prefaces » by H. L. Mencken
  • Some critics say that the carries over the first bunkers from the tees are too long; but I do not agree with them.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Golfer [1905] » by Harry Vardon
  • This physical peculiarity she carries over into her mental processes.
  • Extract from : « Penelope's Experiences in Scotland » by Kate Douglas Wiggin
  • A transition is a passage which carries over the meaning from what precedes to what follows.
  • Extract from : « Public Speaking » by Clarence Stratton

Synonyms for carries over

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