CARRY-OVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does carry-over mean? 

• CARRY-OVER (noun)
  The noun CARRY-OVER has 2 senses:

1. application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

2. the accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves

  Familiarity information: CARRY-OVER used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARRY-OVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Application of a skill learned in one situation to a different but similar situation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

carry-over; transfer; transfer of training

Hypernyms ("carry-over" is a kind of...):

acquisition; learning (the cognitive process of acquiring skill or knowledge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "carry-over"):

generalisation; generalization; stimulus generalisation; stimulus generalization ((psychology) transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus)

Derivation:

carry over (transfer or persist from one stage or sphere of activity to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The accumulated and undivided profits of a corporation after provision has been made for dividends and reserves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

carry-forward; carry-over

Hypernyms ("carry-over" is a kind of...):

balance (the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)