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What does carry over mean?

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Verb
  1. Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning. To transport over by carrying.
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To transfer (something) to a later point in time.
  3. (transitive, arithmetic) To carry; to transfer an excess quantity to the next column of digits.
  4. (figuratively) To transfer.
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Alternatively, a transient seed bank may occur where there is no carry over of germinable seed from one season to the next.
I am hopeful that the foresightedness of the Office of Personnel Management will carry over into our other Federal safety-net health programs.
Some aspects of one sound may be anticipated in a preceding sound and may carry over to the articulation of the following sound.
The Marines began laying their own pontoon bridge to carry over their heaviest trucks.
These ideas were largely a carry over from Edward Forbes in the late 1800's, who proposed the azoic hypothesis for the deep sea.
Staff at North Yorkshire County Council could arrange to carry over some of their annual leave to the next year.

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