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CARRY FORWARD

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Transfer from one time period to the next

Synonyms:

carry forward; carry over

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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

shift; transfer (move around)

Domain category:

accountancy; accounting (the occupation of maintaining and auditing records and preparing financial reports for a business)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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