phrasal verb · academic
carry out
/ˈkæri aʊt/CAR·ry out
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to perform or complete a task, experiment, survey, or order
Examples
“We carried out a survey to find out how students study for exams.”
“The scientists carried out a controlled experiment last month.”
“The police carried out the search warrant early in the morning.”
Band 8 sentence
“The team carried out a longitudinal study to assess the policy's long-term effects.”
Collocations
- carry out research / a survey / an experiment
- carry out an order / a task
- be carried out by (someone)
Word family
carry out v.phrcarried out v.past / v.ppcarrying out v.ing / noun
Common mistakes
We carried out a research last year.→We carried out research last year.
We did a study to investigate the problem.→We carried out a study to investigate the problem.
Say it for a higher band
5do→6perform→7+carry out
Synonyms
execute
perform
Easily confused
do
“We did a survey last month.”
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