execute
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor, from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
execute (third-person singular simple present executes, present participle executing, simple past and past participle executed)
- (transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- Coordinate term: murder
- There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
- During World War II, both Nazis and Soviets were known to execute all who stood in their way.
- (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect.
- Your orders have been executed, sir!
- I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
- 1667, John Milton, “Book IX”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], […], OCLC 228722708; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554:
- Why delays / His hand to execute what his decree / Fixed on this day?
- (transitive) To perform.
- to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
- to execute a turn in ballet
- (transitive, law) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- to execute a contract
- (transitive, computing) To start, launch or run
- (intransitive, computing) To run, usually successfully.
- The program executed, but data problems were discovered.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
to kill as punishment
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to start a defined process and run it to completion
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to start a defined process, without regard to whether it runs to completion or not
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to start, launch or run software
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to sign or otherwise cause a document (especially a contract) to become legally valid
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Latin[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ek.seˈkuː.te/, [ɛks̠ɛˈkuːt̪ɛ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ek.seˈku.te/, [eɡzeˈkuːt̪e]
Participle[edit]
execūte
Portuguese[edit]
Verb[edit]
execute
- inflection of executar:
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
execute
- inflection of executar:
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