carry over

Questions about carry over

What does carry over mean?

carry over means "transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for carry over?

Close synonyms include hold over, carry forward. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is carry over a common word?

carry over is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.