verb phrase · academic
carry into effect
UK/ˌkæri ˈɪntə ɪˈfekt/US/ˌkæri ˈɪntu ː ɪˈfekt/CAR·ry·IN·to·ef·FECT
to make something (a plan, law, policy) start to operate; to implement
Examples
“The government carried the new policy into effect next month.”
“Researchers recommended changes and the university carried them into effect.”
“Many good ideas fail because there is no plan to carry them into effect.”
Band 8 sentence
“Although the committee approved the recommendations last year, only a few measures have actually been carried into effect.”
Collocations
- carry into effect a policy
- carry into effect reforms
Word family
Common mistakes
They carried the policy in effect.→They carried the policy into effect.
They put the policy into effective.→They put the policy into effect.
Say it for a higher band
5put into practice→6implement→7+carry into effect
Synonyms
implement
put into practice
Easily confused
put into effect
“The ministry decided to put the new regulation into effect at the start of the fiscal year.”
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