execution
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See also exécution
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old French execution (c.1360)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˌek.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, SAMPA: /%Ek.sI"kju:.S@n/
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[edit] Noun
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execution (plural executions)
- The act, manner, or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The battle plan was risky but its execution was near perfect and thus ultimately succeeded.
- The state of being executed (accomplished).
- The battle plan was successfully executed.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- (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.
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[edit] Hyponyms
- (penalty of death): crucifixion, electrocution, hanging, lethal injection
[edit] Translations
act of executing or the state of being executed
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act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty
manner or style of a performance etc
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carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will
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formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect
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carrying out of an instruction by a computer
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[edit] External links
- “execution” in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- "execution" at The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
[edit] Old French
[edit] Etymology
- from Latin executionem
[edit] Noun
execution f. (Modern French, exécution)
- execution [Clarification of this translation from Old French is requested]

