execute
11execute — 1 effect, fulfill, discharge, *perform, accomplish, achieve Analogous words: complete, finish, conclude, *close: *realize, actualize, externalize, objectify 2 *kill, dispatch, slay, murder, assassinate …
12executé — Executé, [execut]ée. part …
13execute — ► VERB 1) carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.). 2) carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). 3) perform (an activity or manoeuvre). 4) Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. 5) Law carry out (a… …
14execute — /ˈɛksəkjut / (say eksuhkyooht) verb (t) (executed, executing) 1. to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan; to execute an order. 2. to perform or do: to execute a manoeuvre; to execute a gymnastic feat. 3. to inflict capital punishment on; put… …
15execute — verb ( cuted; cuting) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French executer, from execucion execution Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to carry out fully ; put completely into effect < execute a command > 2. to do what is provided or… …
16execute — executable, adj. executer, n. /ek si kyooht /, v., executed, executing. v.t. 1. to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan or order. 2. to perform or do: to execute a maneuver; to execute a gymnastic feat. 3. to inflict capital punishment on;… …
17execute — [[t]e̱ksɪkjuːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ executes, executing, executed 1) VERB To execute someone means to kill them as a punishment for a serious crime. [be V ed] He said nobody had been executed as a direct result of the events... [V n] One group claimed to… …
18execute */*/ — UK [ˈeksɪˌkjuːt] / US [ˈeksəˌkjut] verb [transitive] Word forms execute : present tense I/you/we/they execute he/she/it executes present participle executing past tense executed past participle executed 1) to kill someone as a punishment for a… …
19execute — verb a) To kill as punishment for capital crimes. There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes. b) To carry out; to put into effect; as, to execute a will, to execute orders. Your orders have been… …
20execute — verb 1 kill sb as an official punishment ADVERB ▪ summarily ▪ illegally ▪ publicly ▪ wrongly ▪ innocent people who are wrongly executed …
