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executable

Variant of execute

transitive verb executed, executing

  1. to follow out or carry out; do; perform; fulfill: to execute another's orders
  2. to carry into effect; administer (laws, etc.)
  3. to put to death as in accordance with a legally imposed sentence
  4. to create or produce in accordance with an idea, plan, blueprint, etc.: to execute a statue in marble
  5. to perform (a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.)
  6. Comput. to perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)
  7. Law to complete or make valid (a deed, contract, etc.) as by signing, sealing, and delivering

intransitive verb

Comput. to run an instruction or program

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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