intransitive/transitive if something carries over or is carried over from one situation into another, it has the same effect in the new situation as it had in the old one
Stresses at work can often be carried over into your homelife.
Synonyms and related words
To continue to exist or happen
go on
go along
persist
2
transitive to take something that you earn or are given in one year or period of time into the next one
You are not allowed to carry over holidayentitlement from one year into the next.
Synonyms and related words
To keep something
set aside
collect
set apart
carry over
phrasal verb
Other entries for this word
carry someone over the thresholdphrase
Word Forms
present tense
I/you/we/they
carry over
he/she/it
carries over
present participle
carrying over
past tense
carried over
past participle
carried over
DEFINITIONS2
1
intransitive/transitive if something carries over or is carried over from one situation into another, it has the same effect in the new situation as it had in the old one
Stresses at work can often be carried over into your homelife.
Synonyms and related words
To continue to exist or happen
go on
go along
persist
2
transitive to take something that you earn or are given in one year or period of time into the next one
You are not allowed to carry over vacation time from one year into the next.