to carry forward
4
3.7
- phrasal verb
- /ˈkæri ˈfɔrwərd/
- Specialized
:
trasladar
- But the time may be carried forward to our present day.
I'm wondering what you carry forward from that.
- I'm wondering what you carry forward from that.
- So we see ideas from Plato and Epictetus and Boethius being carried forward in the modern age.
- And what that's meant to me and how that carries me forward.
- And I carried that forward to the day I was released, even in open prison.
- Would the industry exist without Steve Jobs, without the giants that carry these things forward?
- And so that was to symbolize their property interest in that land that carried forward from their ancestors into the present day.
- And here is the long tail of their output being carried forward by subsequent multiple generations of geniuses with great heart.
- You're also quoted in that Snopes article as carrying this conversation forward final.
- Is it the madness of crowds somehow carrying us forward?
- Are those lessons a temporary thing that will discard or it will those lessons be carried forward?
- So for most citizens, they would just take that loss if if we had greater than that, you'd carry it forward.
Examples
-
I thought he'd be able to carry our work forward after I was gone.
-
We should develop a system for carrying forward fine traditional culture and promote outstanding traditional Chinese culture.
Blog text (13) -
And I carried that forward to the day I was released, even in open prison.
-
Feel free to work on this any way you like and carry the concept forward!
Blog text (9) -
And I want now to carry that forward into something a little bit more focused on the portfolio problem.
-
Contemporary law has carried forward the same principle.
Academic text (2016) -
Now the pertinent fact that you need to carry forward from that last little piece is this.
-
Do not allow deficits to be carried forward to the next fiscal year.
Academic text (1997) -
What is the number one timeless lesson you learned and carried forward from selling sports cards as a teenager?
-
Any losses left over can be carried forward to future years.
Synonyms
535
3.4
Extend an effect into another place or time
14
3.5
To move something from one time or situation to a later one
9
5.3
To move money from one investment into another when the first ends
Antonyms
How Long
61
3.5
16
4.2
- Specialized
4
3.7
14
3.5
310
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'to move or transfer something into the next period' is directly derivable from combining 'carry' (to move or transport) with 'forward' (toward the future); the temporal transfer sense follows a common motion→time metaphor and standard verb+particle composition. This compositional pattern is cross-linguistically common and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both constituents, even if the usage is somewhat domain-specific (e.g., accounting).
Etymology
The phrasal verb carry forward creates the image of someone lifting an item (carry) and moving it forward into the next room, day, or year. So, it means 'to move or keep something so it continues into the next time', for example unused days or costs that are used later.