execute

verb

ex·e·cute ˈek-si-ˌkyüt How to pronounce execute (audio)

executed; executing

transitive verb

: to carry out fully : put completely into effect

execute a command

: to do what is provided or required by

execute a decree

: to put to death especially in compliance with a legal sentence

: to make or produce (something, such as a work of art) especially by carrying out a design

: to perform what is required to give validity to

execute a deed

: play

execute a piece of music

intransitive verb

: to perform properly or skillfully the fundamentals of a sport or of a particular play

never had a team execute better

Bobby Knight

: to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions

—used of a computer program or routine

executable

ˈek-si-ˌkyü-tə-bəl How to pronounce execute (audio)

adjective

Example Sentences

He was captured, tried, and executed for murder. They carefully executed the plan. The pilot executed an emergency landing. The quarterback executed the play perfectly. execute the provisions of the will

Recent Examples on the Web Fischer said among the things being reviewed are the use of force by officers in the police department, discriminatory policies and how officers execute warrants.

The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2022 Pair Bloom with an experienced hardball hand who can help him execute his vision while balancing the demands of Feeding the Monster.

Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Partners who can’t execute are more of a liability.

Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022 Moreover, there is no way for two players to make nearly as much sound as an orchestra nor to execute every one of the complicated rhythms that were once judged all but unplayable.

Tim Page, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Working with the European Space Agency partner, the Cincinnati native’s role in the Artemis project is to plan and execute the integration and testing of the service module with the rest of the Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center.

John Benson, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022 The setlist then draws an outline for the story the performance will tell, which the creative director can then execute with the tone and aesthetic the artist desires.

Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 Could the Treasury Department prosecute Ethereum miners who execute the Tornado Cash code as part of the mining process?

Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 Today’s organizations need to change and execute strategy faster than ever, and yet many organizations are facing a loss of institutional knowledge brought on by an acceleration in retirement rates.

Bill Hall, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More

Legal Definition

execute

transitive verb

ex·e·cute ˈek-si-ˌkyüt How to pronounce execute (audio)

executed; executing

: perform: as

: to carry out fully

includes not only executed violence, but also threatened violence

Louisiana Civil Code

: to do what is provided or required by

execute a contract

execute a search warrant

: to deem (a use in property) to confer full seisin in a cestui que use by operation of the Statute of Uses

: to perform what is required to give validity to

especially : to complete (as by signing and delivering) in proper form

execute a note

execute a deed

: to put to death in compliance with a judicial death sentence

executing

verb

present participle of execute

as in enforcing

to carry out effectively the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

enforcing
implementing
administering
applying
effecting
invoking
enacting
fulfilling
rendering
prosecuting
effectuating
bringing about
upholding
honoring
citing
observing
discharging
promulgating
legislating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ignoring
neglecting
disregarding

as in performing

to carry through (as a process) to completion when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher

Synonyms & Similar Words

performing
accomplishing
fulfilling
achieving
doing
implementing
making
prosecuting
committing
negotiating
perpetrating
completing
carrying out
finishing
pulling off
carrying off
putting through
realizing
effecting
compassing
going through
effectuating
practicing
bringing off
attaining
acing
nailing
following through (with)
bringing about
repeating
actualizing
reenacting
practising
ending
reduplicating
winding up
working (at)
engaging (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

failing
slighting
slurring
skimping

as in assassinating

to put to death deliberately during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed

Synonyms & Similar Words

assassinating
murdering
slaying
dispatching
killing
getting
neutralizing
terminating
liquidating
shooting
slaughtering
destroying
whacking
snuffing
offing
taking out
putting away
rubbing out
knocking off
doing in
croaking
bumping off
icing
eliminating
butchering
eradicating
claiming
massacring
doing away with
annihilating
exterminating
cutting down
zapping
shooting down
carrying off
smiting
blowing away
felling
blotting out
wiping out
mowing (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

restoring
raising
resurrecting
reviving
animating
resuscitating

单词	executing
释义	execute verb ex·e·cute ˈek-si-ˌkyüt executed; executing transitive verb 1 : to carry out fully : put completely into effect execute a command 2 : to do what is provided or required by execute a decree 3 : to put to death especially in compliance with a legal sentence 4 : to make or produce (something, such as a work of art) especially by carrying out a design 5 : to perform what is required to give validity to execute a deed 6 : play execute a piece of music intransitive verb 1 : to perform properly or skillfully the fundamentals of a sport or of a particular play never had a team execute better Bobby Knight 2 : to perform indicated tasks according to encoded instructions —used of a computer program or routine executable ˈek-si-ˌkyü-tə-bəl adjective Synonyms administer apply enforce implement See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences He was captured, tried, and executed for murder. They carefully executed the plan. The pilot executed an emergency landing. The quarterback executed the play perfectly. execute the provisions of the will Recent Examples on the Web Fischer said among the things being reviewed are the use of force by officers in the police department, discriminatory policies and how officers execute warrants. The Courier-Journal, 11 Sep. 2022 Pair Bloom with an experienced hardball hand who can help him execute his vision while balancing the demands of Feeding the Monster. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Sep. 2022 Partners who can’t execute are more of a liability. Rolling Stone Culture Council, Rolling Stone, 30 Aug. 2022 Moreover, there is no way for two players to make nearly as much sound as an orchestra nor to execute every one of the complicated rhythms that were once judged all but unplayable. Tim Page, WSJ, 25 Aug. 2022 Working with the European Space Agency partner, the Cincinnati native’s role in the Artemis project is to plan and execute the integration and testing of the service module with the rest of the Orion spacecraft at Kennedy Space Center. John Benson, cleveland, 25 Aug. 2022 The setlist then draws an outline for the story the performance will tell, which the creative director can then execute with the tone and aesthetic the artist desires. Rebecca Milzoff, Billboard, 25 Aug. 2022 Could the Treasury Department prosecute Ethereum miners who execute the Tornado Cash code as part of the mining process? Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022 Today’s organizations need to change and execute strategy faster than ever, and yet many organizations are facing a loss of institutional knowledge brought on by an acceleration in retirement rates. Bill Hall, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History Etymology Middle English, from Anglo-French executer, from execucion execution First Known Use 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Kids Definition execute verb ex·e·cute ˈek-sə-ˌkyüt executed; executing 1 : to kill according to a legal order 2 : to put into effect : perform or carry out execute a plan 3 : to make according to a design The painting was executed in bright colors. Legal Definition execute transitive verb ex·e·cute ˈek-si-ˌkyüt executed; executing 1 : perform: as a : to carry out fully includes not only executed violence, but also threatened violence Louisiana Civil Code b : to do what is provided or required by execute a contract execute a search warrant c : to deem (a use in property) to confer full seisin in a cestui que use by operation of the Statute of Uses 2 : to perform what is required to give validity to especially : to complete (as by signing and delivering) in proper form execute a note execute a deed 3 : to put to death in compliance with a judicial death sentence executing verb present participle of execute 1 as in enforcing to carry out effectively the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance enforcing implementing administering applying effecting invoking enacting fulfilling rendering prosecuting effectuating bringing about upholding honoring citing observing discharging promulgating legislating Antonyms & Near Antonyms ignoring neglecting disregarding 2 as in performing to carry through (as a process) to completion when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher Synonyms & Similar Words performing accomplishing fulfilling achieving doing implementing making prosecuting committing negotiating perpetrating completing carrying out finishing pulling off carrying off putting through realizing effecting compassing going through effectuating practicing bringing off attaining acing nailing following through (with) bringing about repeating actualizing reenacting practising ending reduplicating winding up working (at) engaging (in) Antonyms & Near Antonyms failing slighting slurring skimping 3 as in assassinating to put to death deliberately during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed Synonyms & Similar Words assassinating murdering slaying dispatching killing getting neutralizing terminating liquidating shooting slaughtering destroying whacking snuffing offing taking out putting away rubbing out knocking off doing in croaking bumping off icing eliminating butchering eradicating claiming massacring doing away with annihilating exterminating cutting down zapping shooting down carrying off smiting blowing away felling blotting out wiping out mowing (down) Antonyms & Near Antonyms restoring raising resurrecting reviving animating resuscitating
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execute

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