CARRY OUT

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I. (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue

Example:

She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal

Synonyms:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "carry out" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

Verb group:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill (put in effect)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry out"):

adhere (follow through or carry out a plan without deviation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put in effect

Example:

He actioned the operation

Synonyms:

accomplish; action; carry out; carry through; execute; fulfil; fulfill

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "carry out" is one way to...):

complete; finish (come or bring to a finish or an end)

effect; effectuate; set up (produce)

Verb group:

carry out; follow out; follow through; follow up; go through with; implement; put through (pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "carry out"):

get over (to bring (a necessary but unpleasant task) to an end)

run (carry out)

consummate (make perfect; bring to perfection)

consummate (fulfill sexually)

do; perform (get (something) done)

complete; discharge; dispatch (complete or carry out)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Credits

Context examples:

I lit the lamp, put the powder above it, and stood outside the window, ready to carry out my threat to shoot him should he try to leave the room.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Get the pepper-box open!” yelled Mendoza, and Wilson sprang in to carry out his instructions, but was hit out again by a heavy drive on the chest.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Subcellular respiratory organelles containing catalase and hydrogen peroxide-producing flavin oxidases among its enzymatic constituents, which carry out an essentially oxidative type of metabolism

(Peroxisome, NCI Thesaurus)

To carry out its diverse biologic roles, PTHRP functions as a poly-hormone that gives rise to several biologically active peptides, each of which presumably has its own receptor.

(Parathyroid Hormone-Like Hormone, NCI Thesaurus)

A measure of how well a patient is able to perform ordinary tasks and carry out daily activities.

(Performance status, NCI Dictionary)

Established in 1995 to carry out Phase I and II studies of innovative therapies for AIDS malignancies.

(AIDS Malignancy Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)

Urologists can pass instruments through the scope to carry out procedures inside the urethra and bladder.

(Cystoscope, NCI Thesaurus)

I waited, in the utmost impatience, until my mother came home from Mrs. Grayper's (for it was that identical neighbour), to ascertain if we could get leave to carry out this great idea.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

The key place to carry out such a transfer would be flaws within the diamond, locations where elements other than carbon are trapped in the diamond's carbon lattice.

(Key Tech for Quantum Communications Offered by Implanting Diamonds with Flaws, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

We mean to leave no stone unturned to carry out our intent.