"carry over" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-carry over.ogg [Australia] Forms: carries over [present, singular, third-person], carrying over [participle, present], carried over [participle, past], carried over [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} carry over (third-person singular simple present carries over, present participle carrying over, simple past and past participle carried over)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see carry, over.
    Sense id: en-carry_over-en-verb-1uNBR5l9
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer (something) to a later point in time. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-carry_over-en-verb-HTrEhRj3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs with particle (over) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 86 3 2 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs with particle (over): 10 64 9 5 13
  3. (transitive, arithmetic) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Arithmetic Derived forms: carryover [noun]
    Sense id: en-carry_over-en-verb-PKP1-~SI Topics: arithmetic
  4. (figurative) To transfer. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-carry_over-en-verb-SvynEvm6
  5. To induce to join an opposing party or faction.
    Sense id: en-carry_over-en-verb-tl2JUBD6

Inflected forms

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