carryout

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noun

car·​ry·​out ˈker-ē-ˌau̇t How to pronounce carryout (audio)
ˈka-rē-
carryout adjective

carry out

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verb

carried out; carrying out; carries out

transitive verb

1
: to bring to a successful issue : complete, accomplish
carried out the assignment
2
: to put into execution
carry out a plan
3
: to continue to an end or stopping point

Examples of carryout in a Sentence

Noun She works in a Chinese carryout. Verb carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Noun
Customers can order the half-off pizza for delivery or carryout. Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025 After about an hour of waiting for carryout meals, Schneider said the students moved to the school bus outside to wait and ate their lunch back at the elementary school. Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
Verb
According to authorities, the group sought to radicalize and recruit teens to carry out attacks using Molotov cocktails and improvised explosives. Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2025 Our government continues to give Israel billions in military aid with which to carry out these atrocities. Jia Tolentino, New Yorker, 3 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for carryout

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1940, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1608, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of carryout was in 1608

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“Carryout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carryout. Accessed 21 May. 2025.

Kids Definition

carry out

verb
: to put into action or effect
carry out a plan
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