carry over
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To carry over is to transfer something from one context, period, or place to another.
A balance carries over from one month to the next.
Skills from one job carry over to another.
The noun carryover describes what remains or transfers: There's some carryover from last year's budget.
In sports, a carryover pool accumulates when no one wins.
Continue firmly onward
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- maintainKeep in condition
- sustainKeep something going continuously
- resumeCareer summary document
extend · prolong · linger · last · remain · preserve · keep up · go on
Steadiness or amount owed
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- debitSubtraction from account
- ledgerFinancial record book
reconciliation · fiscal · accrual · deferral · closing · entry · bookkeeping · rollover
Exceed capacity and spill
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- runoffExcess water drainage
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- excessSurplus beyond need
surplus · diffusion · spread · bleed · encroachment · contamination · ripple effect · contagion
Movement to new territory
- transmissionSending of information
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- handoverTransfer of control
- relocationPermanent change of residence
transference · transplant · port · conversion · import · export · translate · adaptation
What's passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heirloomInherited family treasure
- bequestGift left by will
customs · ancestry · birthright · endowment · patrimony · handed down · generational · ancestral
Resistance to altered motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- impetusForce initiating action
- driveOperate a vehicle
- thrustForceful forward motion
force · energy · motion · persistence · velocity · acceleration · dynamics · sustained
persist
Continue firmly onward
- endureSuffer through without yielding
- maintainKeep in condition
- sustainKeep something going continuously
resume · extend · prolong · linger · last · remain · preserve · keep up · go on · drag on
balance
Steadiness or amount owed
- adjustmentAlteration to improve fit
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
- debitSubtraction from account
ledger · reconciliation · fiscal · accrual · deferral · closing · entry · bookkeeping · rollover · carryforward
overflow
Exceed capacity and spill
excess · surplus · diffusion · spread · bleed · encroachment · contamination · ripple effect · contagion · knock-on
migration
Movement to new territory
- transmissionSending of information
- conveyanceTransfer of property rights
- handoverTransfer of control
relocation · transference · transplant · port · conversion · import · export · translate · adaptation · reassignment
legacy
What's passed down
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- heirloomInherited family treasure
bequest · customs · ancestry · birthright · endowment · patrimony · handed down · generational · ancestral · inherited
inertia
Resistance to altered motion
- propulsionForce driving movement forward
- impetusForce initiating action
- driveOperate a vehicle
thrust · force · energy · motion · persistence · velocity · acceleration · dynamics · sustained · ongoing
- communicateexpress, convey, communicate, tell, share
- universitiesuniversities, Harvard, Yale, Oxford, Cambridge
- divisiondivision, divide, divided, dividing, split
- golf formatsstroke play, match play, medal play, scramble, best ball
carry overstart fresh
Begin again from zero
reset · start from scratch · wipe clean · discontinue · terminate
carry overleave behind
Depart without taking
contain · isolate · confine · compartmentalize · quarantine