CARRYING OUT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carrying out mean? 

• CARRYING OUT (noun)
  The noun CARRYING OUT has 2 senses:

1. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

  Familiarity information: CARRYING OUT used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRYING OUT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carrying out; execution; implementation

Context example:

the agency was created for the implementation of the policy

Hypernyms ("carrying out" is a kind of...):

enforcement (the act of enforcing; ensuring observance of or obedience to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carrying into action; carrying out; execution; performance

Context example:

experience generally improves performance

Hypernyms ("carrying out" is a kind of...):

action (something done (usually as opposed to something said))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carrying out"):

specific performance (the performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms)

linguistic performance ((linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence))

mechanics; mechanism (the technical aspects of doing something)

officiation (the performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty)

 Context examples 

Astrocytes play a critical role in supporting nerve cells by carrying out a wide range of functions, such as supplying nerve cells with oxygen and nutrients and providing structural support.

(Study in mice identifies type of brain cell involved in stuttering, National Institutes of Health)

Having an obsessive-compulsive disorder may cause a person to have trouble carrying out daily activities.

(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, NCI Dictionary)

The study consisted of carrying out math and verbal testing of 25,000 people living in 162 counties in China and then comparing those results with air pollution conditions.

(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

After successfully carrying out a number of communications and in-flight navigation experiments, the twin MarCOs were set in position to receive transmissions during InSight's entry, descent and landing.

(NASA InSight Lander Arrives on Martian Surface, NASA)

They may also have trouble concentrating and carrying out daily activities.

(CFS, NCI Dictionary)

Why then should he, a mere clerk, have scruples when so fair a chance lay in his way of carrying out the spirit as well as the letter of his father's provision.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Frankly, however, I must admit that in this case any other form of disposition would have rendered impossible the carrying out of her wishes.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

So we are currently in a rumour era with experts carrying out research coming to contradictory conclusions.

(Health threats caused by mobile phone radiation, EUROPARL TV)

She is swift in making up her mind and fearless in carrying out her resolutions.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

The act of carrying out some order or instruction to accomplish an aim.

(Execution, NCI Thesaurus)