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Antonyms for carrying-out


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



Definition of carrying-out

Origin :
  • c.1600, "vehicle for carrying," from carry (v.). U.S. football sense attested by 1949.
  • As in furtherance : noun advancement
Example sentences :
  • It was certainly not lacking on the side of magnificence, either in concept or carrying-out.
  • Extract from : « Our Army at the Front » by Heywood Broun
  • Or was it possible he was “playing possum,” to cover the carrying-out of some plan of revenge against the road?
  • Extract from : « The Young Railroaders » by Francis Lovell Coombs
  • There is the carrying-out of ashes and the bringing-in of coal, and the same routine during the day.
  • Extract from : « Convenient Houses » by Louis Henry Gibson
  • There were no immediate family ties to interfere with the carrying-out of what seemed to his friends to be rather quixotic ideas.
  • Extract from : « The Spell » by William Dana Orcutt
  • In short, he was responsible both to me and to the hong for the carrying-out of the contract which had been duly agreed upon.
  • Extract from : « A Wayfarer in China » by Elizabeth Kendall
  • The total area of land purchased for the carrying-out of the scheme is put at 215,317 square yds.
  • Extract from : « Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham » by Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
  • When there is an act of Carrying-out or Bringing-in he either is himself the puppet or he carries it.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Art and Ritual » by Jane Ellen Harrison

Synonyms for carrying-out

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