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execute Definition

ex·ecute (ek′si kyo̵̅o̅t′)

transitive verb -·cut′·ed, -·cut′·ing

  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

Etymology: ME executen < OFr executer, back-form. < executeur: see executor

intransitive verb

Comput. to run an instruction or program

execute Related Forms
ex′·ecut′·able adjective
execute Synonyms

execute

v.

  1. To carry out instructions

    perform, administer, do, effect; see perform 1.

  2. To bring to fruition

    complete, produce, accomplish, fulfill; see achieve 1.

  3. To put to death

    electrocute, hang, behead; see electrocute, kill 1. See syn. study at kill, perform.

execute Law Definition

v

To sign a contract, will, or other legal document; to carry out a duty; to recover funds under a judgment; to put a criminal defendant to death.
execute Usage Examples

Used with why or when

  • when: In 1945 his other son was executed when declared guilty of complicity in a plot to kill Hitler.

Object

  • warrant: But executing warrants is not a high priority for the police, and takes resources away from their main task of fighting crime.
  • command: All error messages are written to the standard error stream; normal output from the executed commands is written to standard output.
  • script: The problem with this is delivering to the reader the actual PDB file itself on which to execute the script.
  • query: Check that Browse results in checked and click OK to execute the query.
  • code: This goes beyond the question of allowing Outlook to execute code inside an email.
  • program: How to use the watchdog The watchdog guarantees that the system is always able to execute programs.

Preposition: at

  • power-up: SET WORK is typed interactively after compilation to tell the TDS2020 F that WORK is to be executed at power-up.

Preposition: as

  • traitor: He attempted to convert it into a garrison for Robert Bruce, but was arrested within its walls, and executed as a traitor.

Subject

  • squad: Despite a massive international campaign, Joe Hill was executed by firing squad.

Present participle complement

  • accord: The emotional state of the text will affect how time-dependent skills will be executed according to these time functions.

Preposition: in

  • parallel: With for parameter With for = n, a loop iteration is divided into n loops executed in parallel.
  • accordance: Ensure works are executed safely in accordance with agreed methodology.

Preposition: with

  • panache: Well presented, the cooking executed with panache, in other words it was very good.
  • aplomb: The retaliation can sometimes be executed with great aplomb.
  • precision: Jack Pollock's Devil Chef is subversive fire-and-brimstone satire executed with cold cartoon precision to take readers to the seventh level of lowbrow laughs!

Preposition: for

  • treason: The Neapolitan admiral was executed for treason and rebellion, although Nelson could have shown him mercy.
  • witchcraft: It's about a woman named Mrs. Mothersole, who was executed for witchcraft at Bury St. Edmunds during the late 1600s.
  • murder: Jay, Horace Robert Horace Robert Jay was executed for the murder of Florence Kemp.

Preposition: by

  • squad: Despite a massive international campaign, Joe Hill was executed by firing squad.