transitive verb executed, executing
- to follow out or carry out; do; perform; fulfill: to execute another's orders
- to carry into effect; administer (laws, etc.)
- to put to death as in accordance with a legally imposed sentence
- to create or produce in accordance with an idea, plan, blueprint, etc.: to execute a statue in marble
- to perform (a piece of music, a part in a play, etc.)
- Comput. to perform the operations indicated in (an instruction or program)
- 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