Overview of noun carry_over

The noun carry-over has 2 senses

• transfer, transfer of training, carry-over -- (application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation)


• carry-over, carry-forward -- (the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves)

Overview of verb carry_over

The verb carry over has 4 senses

• carry over -- (transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another)


• carry over -- (transport from one place or state to another; "Adam would have been carried over into the life eternal")


• carry over, hold over -- (hold over goods to be sold for the next season)


• carry over, carry forward -- (transfer from one time period to the next)