carrying out

1. 1.

   the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

   “the agency was created for the implementation of the policy”

   Synonymsexecutionimplementation

   Broaderenforcement
2. 2.

   the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

   “they criticised his performance as mayor”

   “experience generally improves performance”

   Synonymsperformanceexecutioncarrying into action

   Broaderaction

   Narrowerspecific performancelinguistic performancemechanismofficiation

Questions about carrying out

What does carrying out mean?

carrying out means "the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for carrying out?

Close synonyms include execution, implementation, performance, execution, carrying into action. 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 carrying out a common word?

carrying out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.