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 bigger takeaway is that AI is making sophisticated cyberattacks easier and cheaper to carry out, increasing the need for advanced cybersecurity defenses. — Alexa Lomonaco,matthew J. Belvedere,jeff Marks, CNBC, 23 Oct. 2026 This was carried out without consulting the Samoan people, and many of them continue to resent the division. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026 During the 1990s the Taliban carried out numerous public executions in the sports stadium in Kabul. — Dr. Michael Good, Hartford Courant, 22 Oct. 2026 Muslims in the West, especially after 9/11, have been asked repeatedly to take responsibility for acts of violence carried out by other Muslims around the world. — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry out

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Verb

Some of the weapons from American manufacturers purchased during the Biden administration are still flowing to Ukraine, but many of those contracts have been fulfilled.

— Lauren Kent, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2026
As a result, critics have likened Achilles to a carpetbagger, and called him a political opportunist who failed to fulfill his commitment to voters.

— Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of fulfill

Verb

But OpenAI also beefed up its own agents this year by launching its Codex coding app in February and ChatGPT Work agent in July for accomplishing multistep tasks like writing a brief or analysis.

— Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2026
Think of what a lone honeybee or termite can accomplish compared to a colony of them.

— Noah Giansiracusa, Time, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of accomplish

Verb

Her wife, poet Megan Falley, performs with the Chicago Philharmonic.

— Web Behrens, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
The Nasdaq-style Star50 index, set up by Xi to help finance China’s high-tech transformation, has been one of the world’s worst- performing tech gauges this year.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of perform

Verb

Fusion reactions can occur below them; the challenge is achieving a sufficiently high reaction rate while controlling energy losses.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 31 Oct. 2026
Gartner reported that organizations regularly adjusting their change plans in response to employee feedback were four times more likely to achieve successful change.

— Jason Richmond, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieve

Verb

The people responsible for executing must have clarity about what changes, who is responsible, what resources are required, how their actions will be measured and when.

— Maureen Metcalf, Forbes.com, 30 Oct. 2026
The failure to execute Pike also upset Slemmer’s family, who said the attention on Pike’s condition has taken attention away from the victim.

— Devon M. Sayers, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of execute

Verb

There are rippling gasps, drums, strings, sax, a vaguely Latin guitar, a sample of a woman talking about getting her hair done.

— Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Sellers who have the option to pull their listing off the market are generally doing so.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

Verb

Becerra played it safe with reporters, sidestepping a question about why his party hadn’t made a bigger dent in California’s affordability crisis after 16 years in the governor’s office.

— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 28 Oct. 2026
By reducing delays in transferring and interpreting images, researchers estimate CLARKE could help emergency managers make decisions roughly a day earlier.

— Zoë Schiffer, semafor.com, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of make

Verb

Martinez eventually was carried off the field on a stretcher after medical staff from both teams attended to him.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Oct. 2026
Once he was secured in place, his UConn teammates ran over to the end zone to offer support as Brown was carried off.

— Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026

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