English Dictionary
Definition of “execute”
execute (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt
)
Definitions
verb (tr)
- to put (a condemned person) to death; inflict capital punishment upon
- to carry out; complete; perform; do ⇒
to execute an order
- to perform; accomplish; effect ⇒
to execute a pirouette
- to make or produce ⇒
to execute a drawing
- to carry into effect (a judicial sentence, the law, etc); enforce
- law to comply with legal formalities in order to render (a deed, etc) effective, as by signing, sealing, and delivering
- to sign (a will) in the presence of witnesses and in accordance with other legal formalities
- to carry out the terms of (a contract, will, etc)
Alternative Forms
ˈexeˌcuter noun Word Origin
C14: from Old French executer, back formation from executeurexecutor
Synonyms
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carry out,
effect,
finish,
complete,
achieve,
realize,
do,
implement,
fulfil,
enforce,
accomplish,
render,
discharge,
administer,
prosecute,
enact,
consummate,
put into effect
bring off,
Quotations
"We must execute not only the guilty. Execution of the innocent will impress the masses even more"
Nikolai V. Krylenko
Translations
- British English:
execute
To execute someone means to kill them as a punishment.The boy's father was executed for his crime.ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt VERB The boy's father was executed for his crime.
- Spanish:
ejecutar
v
- French:
exécuter
vt
- German:
hinrichten
v
- Chinese: 将…处死 v
- Arabic: يُعْدِمُ vt
- Portuguese: executar v
- Russian: исполнять v
- Croatian: izvršiti v
- Czech: popravit v popravovat
- Danish: henrette v
- Dutch: uitvoeren v
- Finnish: teloittaa v
- Greek: εκτελώ v
- Italian: giustiziare v
- Japanese: 処刑する v
- Korean: 실행하다 v
- Norwegian: henrette v
- Polish: wykonać v wykonywać
- Brazilian Portuguese: executar v
- European Spanish:
ejecutar
v
- Swedish: verkställa v
- Thai: ดำเนินการ v
- Turkish: idam etmek v
- Vietnamese: hành hình v
Usage examples
Heather Kriegel, I thought, would have been pleased with the way I had chosen to execute her estate.
Tapply, William G, A Rodent of Doubt (1987)Typically, the'happening ' concerns a motley crowd of 50, housewives, retirees, execs from nearby offices, waiting to execute their orders.
Business Today (2002)There's a lot of folks who would like to be called upon to be enabled to execute whatever is determined for us to do.
Sun, News of the World (2001)If they execute , the valuations will take care of themselves.
Francis Wheen, HOW MUMBO-JUMBO CONQUERED THE WORLD (2004)
