phrasal verb · neutral
carry out
/ˈkæri aʊt/CAR·ry OUT
task2task1speaking
to perform or complete a task, investigation, or plan
Examples
“The university carried out a survey on student well‑being.”
“We need to carry out the experiment carefully to get valid results.”
“Can you carry out this procedure while I take notes?”
Band 8 sentence
“In order to evaluate the policy's effectiveness, the think tank carried out a longitudinal study over five years.”
Collocations
- carry out research
- carry out a survey
- carry out measures
Word family
carrying out verb / nouncarried out verb (past participle)
Common mistakes
do a research→carry out research / do research
Say it for a higher band
5do→6perform→7+carry out
Synonyms
conduct
perform
Easily confused
conduct
“The scientists conducted a series of experiments to test the hypothesis.”
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