CARRY OUT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

carry out

verb

Definition of carry out

as in to fulfill

to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carry out The police compound housed counter-terrorism police, who had carried out operations against militants across the province in recent years. — Riaz Khan, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026 Sources indicated to us yesterday that Universal had been carrying out an internal legal review of the film after getting the final copy of the movie just shortly before its Venice Film Festival world premiere. — Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 18 Sep. 2026 The toy retailer, which currently has 40 standalone stores and Toys R Us shops inside Macy's stores across the country, announced the strategic move, which is being carried out in partnership with Go! — Yi-Jin Yu, ABC News, 18 Sep. 2026 Reinert said police carried out a search warrant at the residence in connection with the investigation. — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry out

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The Courant asked to interview Santiago and Braswell, but our request was not fulfilled in time for this article.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 20 Sep. 2026
The Dangote Refinery has often insisted that its fully operational 700,000 barrels-a-day plant can fulfill this demand.

— Alexander Onukwue, semafor.com, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfill

Verb

No one on the team knows what the data means or what their refining accomplishes.

— Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 21 Sep. 2026
The track seems like the clearest, most successful showcase of what Bass Persuades aimed to accomplish both in sound and subject.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplish

Verb

Or Dalia’s spontaneous ability to perform the same ritual effectively without the usual cohort of Nasmaranian trustees in the video by reciting a few lines of laughable formal Arabic.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2026
At scale, those infrastructure inefficiencies can multiply with thousands of agents performing millions of tasks per day.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of perform

Verb

For measles, populations need vaccination rates of 95 percent or higher to achieve herd immunity—the level of protection required to prevent disease spread.

— Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Now he is represented by both, an art-world EGOT-level feat that only the late Richard Serra, Jeff Koons and Gerhard Richter achieved at certain points in their careers.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieve

Verb

The cast and crew felt as euphoric as the characters executing the dance sequences, particularly the finale moment when Maya and Anjali take what should be a lighting SNAFU and use it to cement their friendship, forever.

— Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2026
In her new role, Stachera will build and lead a new digital team, shape social strategy and audience engagement, and execute digital marketing initiatives across the label.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of execute

Verb

The question of who killed Hal still looms, as does whatever the hell is going on with an allegedly jailbroken Sinestro.

— Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026
Adding value to raw materials, which South Africa already does to a greater extent than its African peers, is the goal of countries across the continent.

— Alexis Akwagyiram, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of do

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On the next day of the match, Australian wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was hit on the head and suffered a fractured skull while facing Larwood (to a conventional field) and had to be carried off the field.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
An amateur game in Istanbul was halted earlier in 2026 when a seagull was struck by the ball mid-flight, prompting the home team’s captain to rush over and perform CPR on the bird before it was carried off the field for further care.

— Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

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