Execute - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈeksɪkjuːt|  American pronunciation of the word execute
Brit.  |ˈeksɪkjuːt|  British pronunciation of the word execute

verb

- kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
In some states, criminals are executed
- murder in a planned fashion
The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed
- put in effect (syn: accomplish, action, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill)
execute the decision of the people
- carry out the legalities of
execute a will or a deed
- carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine (syn: run)
the computer executed the instruction
- carry out or perform an action (syn: do, perform)
the skater executed a triple pirouette
- sign in the presence of witnesses
The President executed the treaty

Extra examples

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.

The artist executed his imaginative ideas in stone.

Lord Clarendon says that all manner of cruelty was executed.

The boy departed to execute his commission.

The question arose how his office was thenceforth to be executed.

You'll have to execute a mortgage if called on to do so.

Three of the Earl's faithful servants were executed at Perth.

Thousands have been executed for political crimes.

13 people were summarily executed (=killed without any trial or legal process) by the guerrillas.

The job involves drawing up and executing a plan of nursing care.

The skaters' routine was perfectly executed.

The skater executed a triple loop.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: execute
he/she/it: executes
present participle: executing
past tense: executed
past participle: executed
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