execution

See also exécution

English

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Etymology

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin executio, an agent noun from exequi (“to follow out”), from out + sequor (“follow”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌek.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, SAMPA: /%Ek.sI"kju:.S@n/

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Noun

execution (plural executions)

1. The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
   • 1885, John Ormsby, chapter 1, Don Quixote^Wikisource, volume 1, translation of original by Miguel de Cervantes:

     Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution.

2. The state of being executed (accomplished).

   The battle plan was successfully executed.

3. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
4. (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
5. (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
6. (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.

   The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.

   Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.

Derived terms

• execution style
• posthumous execution

Related terms

• execute
• executioner
• executive
• executor

Hyponyms

• (penalty of death): crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection

Translations

act of executing or the state of being executed

Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n. Chinese: Mandarin: 執行 (cmn), 执行 (cmn) (zhíxíng) Czech: provedení (cs) n. Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f. Finnish: toimeenpano (fi), toteutus (fi) French: exécution (fr) f. German: Ausführung (de) f. Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f.

Hindi: अमल (hi) (amal) Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu), kivitelezés (hu), megvalósítás (hu) Italian: esecuzione (it) Japanese: 実行 (ja) (じっこう, jikkō) Korean: 실행 (ko) (sirhaeng) Polish: wykonanie (pl) n., egzekucja (pl) f. Portuguese: execução (pt) f. Russian: выполнение (ru) (vypolnénije) n., исполнение (ru) (ispolnénije) n. Slovene: izvedba (sl) f.

act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty

Arabic: إعدام (ar) ('i3daam) m. Armenian: մահապատիժ (hy) (mahapatiž) Bulgarian: екзекуция (bg) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 處死 (cmn), 处死 (cmn) (chǔsǐ), 處決 (cmn), 处决 (cmn) (chǔjué) Czech: poprava (cs) f. Danish: henrettelse (da) Dutch: executie (nl), terechtstelling (nl) f., doodstraf (nl) Finnish: teloitus (fi) French: exécution (fr) f. German: Hinrichtung (de) f.

Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f. Hungarian: kivégzés (hu) Irish: bású (ga) m. Italian: esecuzione (it) Japanese: 死刑 (ja) (しけい, shikei), 死罪 (ja) (しざい, shizai) Norwegian: henrettelse (no) m. Persian: اعدام (fa) (e'dâm) Polish: egzekucja f. Portuguese: execução (pt) f. Russian: казнь (ru) (kazn') f. Slovene: usmrtitev (sl) f. Spanish: ejecución (es) f.

manner or style of a performance etc

Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n. Czech: provedení (cs) n. Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f. Finnish: toteutus

Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f. Polish: wykonanie n. Russian: исполнение (ispoln'énije) n., техника (t'éχnika) f. Slovene: izvedba (sl) f.

carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will

Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n. Czech: vykonání (cs) n. Dutch: tenuitvoerlegging, uitvoering f. Finnish: täytäntöönpano (fi), toimeenpano (fi) French: exécution (fr) f.

German: Ausführung (de) f. Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f. Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu) Polish: egzekucja f. Russian: исполнение (ispoln'énije) n.

formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect

Finnish: toimeenpano (fi) Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f.

Polish: wykonanie n. Russian: выполнение (vypoln'énije) n., исполнение (ispoln'énije) n.

carrying out of an instruction by a computer

Bulgarian: изпълнение (bg) n. Czech: provedení (cs) n. Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f. Finnish: suoritus (fi)

French: exécution (fr) f. German: Ausführung (de) f. Greek: εκτέλεση (el) (ektélesi) f. Russian: выполнение (ru) (vypoln'énije) n.

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Albanian: ekzekutim Serbo-Croatian: izvršavanje n. Esperanto: ekzekuto Estonian: täidesaatmine French: exécution f. Hebrew: הוצאה להורג (hotza‘a lahoreg) f. Hindi: (sampadana karana, acharana) Indonesian: persembahan Italian: esecuzione f. Kurdish: îdam (ku), daliqandin (ku), şenq (ku), sêdare (ku) Latvian: eksekūcija f.

Marathi: अंमलबजाबणी (ammalabajaavani) Mongolian: гvйцэтгэл (gvicėtgėl) Norwegian: utførelse Portuguese: execução f. Romanian: executare Serbo-Croatian: извршавање (izvršavanje) n. Slovak: exekúcia f. Spanish: ejecución f. Swahili: ufanyaji Swedish: avrättning c. Tagalog: bitay Thai: การบังคับตามกฎหมาย (gaan bang-káp dtaam gòt măai) Turkish: infaz Ukrainian: виконання (vykonánnja) f. Vietnamese: sự thực hiện Welsh: dienyddiad Yiddish: אויספֿירונג (oysfirung) f.

External links

• execution in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• execution in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin execūtiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“follow out”), itself from ex + sequor (“follow”).

Noun

execution f. (oblique plural executions, nominative singular execution, nominative plural executions)

1. An execution (clarification of this Old French definition is being sought)

Descendants

• French exécution