Carry-on Definition

kărē-ŏn
carry-ons
adjective
Designating lightweight luggage designed to be carried onto an airplane by a passenger, esp. if small enough to fit under an airplane seat or in an overhead compartment.
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Taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked.

It's a compact suitcase, but it makes a good carry-on bag.
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Alternative spelling of carry-on.

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noun
Such a piece of luggage.
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That luggage or baggage which is taken onto an airplane with a passenger, rather than checked.

Do you think they'll accept my ski poles as carry-on?
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(UK, New Zealand) An activity that is done in an excessively excitable, or anxious manner.

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verb

(idiomatic) To continue or proceed as before.

I'll be gone for a few days, but I hope you will carry on in my absence.
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To take baggage or luggage onto an airplane, rather than check it.

You may only carry on items that are smaller than a certain size.
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(idiomatic) To have or maintain.

It is difficult to carry on a conversation with so many distractions.
To carry on commerce in a market.
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(idiomatic) To act or behave; especially to misbehave so as to attract attention.

I really wish you wouldn't carry on like that in public!
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(idiomatic) To have an illicit sexual liaison.

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Carry-on Sentence Examples

  • These missions carry on educational work,.

  • I've never seen you carry on so much about someone smoking.

  • Ritschl claims to carry on the work of Luther and Schleiermacher, especially in ridding faith of the tyranny of scholastic philosophy.

  • They enter British territory by the Vihowa Pass, and carry on an extensive trade, but are not dependent on India for the necessaries of life.

  • He actively promoted the incorporation of the left bank of the Rhine with France and in 1793 went to Paris to carry on the negotiations.

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