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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

v
1: put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil]
2: pursue to a conclusion or bring to a successful issue; "Did he go through with the treatment?"; "He implemented a new economic plan"; "She followed up his recommendations with a written proposal" [syn: follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out, implement, put through, go through]

Merriam Webster's

transitive verb Date: 1589 1. to bring to a successful issue ; complete, accomplish <carried out the assignment> 2. to put into execution <carry out a plan> 3. to continue to an end or stopping point

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it. Police say they believe the attacks were carried out by nationalists... Commitments have been made with very little intention of carrying them out. PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron), V n P

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

Apply, execute, put in practice, carry into detail, complete.

Moby Thesaurus

abide by, adhere to, administer, administrate, apply, be responsible for, bring about, bring off, bring to effect, bring to pass, carry into effect, carry into execution, carry off, carry on, carry through, come through, come through with, complete, conduct, deal with, direct, discharge, do, drive, effect, effectuate, enforce, execute, extend out, fill out, finalize, fulfill, get through, go, go out, go through, govern, handle, honor, implement, make, make go, make out, manage, maneuver, manipulate, observe, operate, outdistance, outlie, outrange, outstretch, perform, perform on, pilot, play, practice, promulgate, prosecute, pull off, put across, put in force, put in practice, put into effect, put into execution, put into practice, put over, put through, put to use, range out, reach out, render, run, seal, see to, sign, steer, stretch out, take care of, transact, translate into action, work, work out