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Meaning of "carry" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CARRY

Carien, from Old Northern French carier to move by vehicle, from car, from Latin carrum transport wagon.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CARRY

carry  [ˈkærɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CARRY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Carry is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb carry in English.

WHAT DOES CARRY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Carry

Carry or carrying may refer to: ▪ Carried interest, the share of profits in an investment fund paid to the fund manager ▪ Carry, a statistical term equivalent to a single rushing play ▪ Carrying, a rule breach in basketball ▪ Carry, when a digit is larger than a limit and the extra is moved to the left ▪ Carry flag, the equivalent in calculation in a computer ▪ Carry, a financial term: the carry of an asset is the gain or cost of holding the asset ▪ Concealed carry, carrying a firearm or other weapon in public in a concealed manner ▪ Moving an object or emotion ▪ Open carry, openly carrying a firearm in public ▪ Carry, a track by Tori Amos on the 2011 album Night of Hunters ▪ Suzuki Carry, a car...

Definition of carry in the English dictionary

The first definition of carry in the dictionary is to take or bear from one place to another. Other definition of carry is to transfer for consideration; take. Carry is also to have on one's person.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CARRY

PRESENT

Present
I carry
you carry
he/she/it carries
we carry
you carry
they carry
Present continuous
I am carrying
you are carrying
he/she/it is carrying
we are carrying
you are carrying
they are carrying
Present perfect
I have carried
you have carried
he/she/it has carried
we have carried
you have carried
they have carried
Present perfect continuous
I have been carrying
you have been carrying
he/she/it has been carrying
we have been carrying
you have been carrying
they have been carrying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I carried
you carried
he/she/it carried
we carried
you carried
they carried
Past continuous
I was carrying
you were carrying
he/she/it was carrying
we were carrying
you were carrying
they were carrying
Past perfect
I had carried
you had carried
he/she/it had carried
we had carried
you had carried
they had carried
Past perfect continuous
I had been carrying
you had been carrying
he/she/it had been carrying
we had been carrying
you had been carrying
they had been carrying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will carry
you will carry
he/she/it will carry
we will carry
you will carry
they will carry
Future continuous
I will be carrying
you will be carrying
he/she/it will be carrying
we will be carrying
you will be carrying
they will be carrying
Future perfect
I will have carried
you will have carried
he/she/it will have carried
we will have carried
you will have carried
they will have carried
Future perfect continuous
I will have been carrying
you will have been carrying
he/she/it will have been carrying
we will have been carrying
you will have been carrying
they will have been carrying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would carry
you would carry
he/she/it would carry
we would carry
you would carry
they would carry
Conditional continuous
I would be carrying
you would be carrying
he/she/it would be carrying
we would be carrying
you would be carrying
they would be carrying
Conditional perfect
I would have carry
you would have carry
he/she/it would have carry
we would have carry
you would have carry
they would have carry
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been carrying
you would have been carrying
he/she/it would have been carrying
we would have been carrying
you would have been carrying
they would have been carrying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you carry
we let´s carry
you carry
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to carry
Past participle
carried
Present Participle
carrying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CARRY


ariary
ˈærɪˌærɪ
barrie
ˈbærɪ
barry
ˈbærɪ
barye
ˈbærɪ
Carrey
ˈkærɪ
Gary
ˈɡærɪ
glengarry
ɡlɛnˈɡærɪ
harry
ˈhærɪ
kumari
kʊˈmærɪ
Larry
ˈlærɪ
marrer
ˈmærɪ
marri
ˈmærɪ
marry
ˈmærɪ
miscarry
mɪsˈkærɪ
ouakari
wæˈkærɪ
overcarry
ˌəʊvəˈkærɪ
parry
ˈpærɪ
recarry
riːˈkærɪ
tarry
ˈtærɪ
uakari
wæˈkærɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CARRY

carrousel
carry a torch for
carry a tune
carry all before one
carry away
carry back
carry conviction
carry forward
carry off
carry off one´s feet
carry on
carry one´s bat
carry out
carry over
carry the can
carry the day
carry through
carry trade
carry-back
carry-forward

WORDS THAT END LIKE CARRY

cash-and-carry
charry
du Barry
fetch and carry
flash Harry
gharry
happy as Larry
intermarry
Jarry
marble quarry
mismarry
Old Harry
quarry
sandstone quarry
scarry
slate quarry
sparry
starry
Tom, Dick, and Harry
Tom, Dick, or Harry

Synonyms and antonyms of carry in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CARRY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «carry» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of carry

Translation of «carry» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CARRY

Find out the translation of carry to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of carry from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «carry» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

运送
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

llevar
570 millions of speakers

English

carry
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ले
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يَحْمِلُ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

нести
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

carregar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বহন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

porter
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Membawa
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

tragen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

運ぶ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

...을 운반하다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nindakake
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mang
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

எடுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वाहून
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

taşımak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

portare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieść
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

нести
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

a duce
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταφέρω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bära
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bære
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of carry

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CARRY»

The term «carry» is very widely used and occupies the 3.582 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CARRY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «carry» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «carry» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about carry

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10 QUOTES WITH «CARRY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word carry.
1
Luther Allison
The blues is the foundation, and it's got to carry the top. The other part of the scene, the rock 'n' roll and the jazz, are the walls of the blues.
2
Fisher Ames
A democracy is a volcano which conceals the fiery materials of its own destruction. These will produce an eruption and carry desolation in their way.
3
Barbara de Angelis
The more anger towards the past you carry in your heart, the less capable you are of loving in the present.
4
Guillaume Apollinaire
One can't carry one's father's corpse about everywhere.
5
Sarah Bernhardt
What matters poverty? What matters anything to him who is enamoured of our art? Does he not carry in himself every joy and every beauty?
6
Tara Brach
My prayer became 'May I find peace... May I love this life no matter what.' I was seeking an inner refuge, an experience of presence and wholeness that could carry me through whatever losses might come.
7
Jim Broadbent
I like being able to go to the supermarket and go on the Tube and have an ordinary domestic life. I'd hate to have to protect myself. I'm quite lucky that I can carry on without any intrusions. I don't get given a hard time by anyone.
8
Josh Dallas
I did a lot of musicals when I first started my career, so I can carry a tune well.
9
Geoff Downes
Now with Pro Tools, you can play with layers and 100s and 100s of tracks. When we used to do it back in the day, you had one shot, or you would have to wipe it and carry on over that track.
10
Alan Dundes
If a student takes the whole series of my folklore courses including the graduate seminars, he or she should learn something about fieldwork, something about bibliography, something about how to carry out library research, and something about how to publish that research.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CARRY»

Discover the use of carry in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to carry and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Carry On, Warrior: The Power of Embracing Your Messy, ...
A New York Times essayist shares her journey from a self-destructive college student to a devoted family woman and teacher while illuminating the importance of trusting in a higher power and being truthful about life's challenges.
Glennon Doyle Melton, 2014
2
Carry the One: A Novel
When a car of inebriated guests from Carmen's wedding hits and kills a girl on a country road, Carmen and the people involved in the accident connect, disconnect and reconnect throughout 25 subsequent years of marriage, parenthood, holidays ...
Carol Anshaw, 2012
3
Keep Calm and Carry On
--Winston Churchill Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds that you plant. --Robert Louis Stevenson It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose your own. --Harry S. Truman
4
Little Ways to Keep Calm and Carry On: Twenty Lessons for ...
The next time you are stressed by pressures at work, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or panicked by problems that seem unsolvable, reach for this book.
Mark Reinecke, 2010
5
Carry On, Mr. Bowditch
After finding a way to teach the ship's crew members to understand navigation, Nat, a self-taught mathematician and astronomer in eighteenth-century Salem, Massachusetts, writes down his explanations and compiles them into "The American ...
Jean Lee Latham, 2003
6
Carry This Message: A Guide for Big Book Sponsorship
A companion book to "The Steps We Took" offers tools for helping others find recovery and new life through the AA Twelve Step program.
Joe McQ, 2002
7
Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry
Written by Massad Ayoob, one of the pre-eminent fighting handgun trainers in the world, Gun Digest Book of Concealed Carry 2nd Edition builds upon the best-selling 1st edition by addressing some of the hottest issues surrounding concealed ...
Massad Ayoob, 2012
8
Suzuki Carry & Every English Factory Service Manual
For Suzuki Carry & Every Van owners, here is your new Carry & Every Fatory Service Manual never before available in English.
James Danko, 2008
9
Carry A. Nation: Retelling the Life
Carry A. NationRetelling the Life Fran Grace The story of one of America's most notorious and misunderstood women.
Fran Grace, 2001
10
Only What We Could Carry: The Japanese American Internment ...
Personal documents, art, propoganda, and stories express the Japanese American experience in internment camps after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.
Lawson Fusao Inada, California Historical Society, 2000

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CARRY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term carry is used in the context of the following news items.
1
People who carry knives to be jailed under 'two strikes' rule
People who carry knives to be jailed under 'two strikes' rule ... the example of cases where gang members were forced to carry knives. “Putting ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
2
Permitless concealed carry enforcement extended to Kansas Capitol
“We're still screening everybody like we did when we were letting people with concealed carry licenses in,” said Officer Patrick Saleh with the ... «Wichita Eagle, Jul 15»
3
Whataburger: No 'open carry' in our restaurants despite new Texas law
The president of Whataburger said in a statement that patrons will continue to be prohibited from openly carrying firearms inside the company's ... «mySanAntonio.com, Jul 15»
4
Hassan vetoes bill to remove concealed carry license
Gov. Maggie Hassan stood firm Monday against Republican-led efforts to roll back the state law regulating who can carry hidden guns. «Concord Monitor, Jul 15»
5
Carli Lloyd's Souvenir Collection Is Too Big To Carry
The U.S. women's soccer team traveled back to the good ole U-S-of-A on Monday after a successful business trip in Canada. And while ... «ESPN, Jul 15»
6
Italian police carry out anti-jihadi sweep in Pisa
Italian police are said to have carried out an anti-Islamist sweep in the central city of Pisa following the arrest of a Moroccan suspect. Jalal El ... «euronews, Jul 15»
7
Monarch "heavy lift" quadcopter can carry three GoPros
The Monarch can carry three cameras, two of which are on gimbals – one on the bottom, another gimbal on the top – and a third camera fixed ... «Gizmag, Jul 15»
8
Coming soon: Exoskeleton bionic devices to help carry heavy tools …
Can you imagine ordinary construction and industrial workers wearing power suits similar to Iron Man that will help make heavy tools appear ... «ChristianToday, Jul 15»
9
Donald Trump's Latest Anti-Mexican Rant Says Immigrants Carry
Donald Trump's Latest Anti-Mexican Rant Says Immigrants Carry .... Donald Trump's Latest Anti-Mexican Rant Says Immigrants Carry ... «Mic, Jul 15»
10
Somali Militants Carry Out Deadly Attack in Northeast Kenya
NAIROBI, Kenya — Shabab militants killed 14 people and wounded 11 in the northeastern Kenyan town of Mandera on Tuesday, ... «New York Times, Jul 15»

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