doorvoeren

From door +‎ voeren, calque of German durchführen.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdoːrˌvuːrə(n)/

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• Hyphenation: door‧voe‧ren

doorvoeren

1. (transitive) to consistently apply
2. (transitive) to carry out, to implement
3. (transitive) to carry or transport further, to continue to transport
4. (transitive) to import in order to reexport

The sense “to carry out, to implement” has met strong disapproval from purists in the mid-twentieth century as a Germanism, but is not commonly proscribed anymore.

• doorvoer
• doorvoerland

• voeren door