execute+(verb)

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• execute — ► VERB 1) carry out or put into effect (a plan, order, etc.). 2) carry out a sentence of death on (a condemned person). 3) perform (an activity or manoeuvre). 4) Law make (a legal instrument) valid by signing or sealing it. 5) Law carry out (a… …   English terms dictionary

• execute — ex·e·cute / ek si ˌkyüt/ vt cut·ed, cut·ing 1: perform: as a: to carry out fully includes not only executed violence, but also threatened violence Louisiana Civil Code …   Law dictionary

• execute — ex‧e‧cute [ˈekskjuːt] verb [transitive] 1. to do what is written in a contract, plan etc: • The directors make the decisions but the managers have to execute them. • UK companies with a proven management ability to execute a business plan 2.… …   Financial and business terms

• execute — verb ( cuted; cuting) Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French executer, from execucion execution Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to carry out fully ; put completely into effect < execute a command > 2. to do what is provided or… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• execute — verb a) To kill as punishment for capital crimes. There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes. b) To carry out; to put into effect; as, to execute a will, to execute orders. Your orders have been… …   Wiktionary

• execute — verb 1 kill sb as an official punishment ADVERB ▪ summarily ▪ illegally ▪ publicly ▪ wrongly ▪ innocent people who are wrongly executed …   Collocations dictionary

• execute — verb (T) 1 to kill someone, especially legally as a punishment for a serious crime: be executed for sth: He was executed for treason. see kill 1 2 formal to do something that you have carefully planned or that you have agreed to do: The directors …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• execute — verb 1) he was convicted and executed Syn: put to death, kill; hang, behead, guillotine, electrocute, send to the (electric) chair, shoot, put before a firing squad; informal string up, fry See note at kill 2) the …   Thesaurus of popular words

• execute — verb 1) he executed a series of financial deals Syn: carry out, accomplish, bring off/about, implement, achieve, complete, engineer; informal pull off 2) he was finally executed Syn: put to death, kill, hang …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• execute — [[t]e̱ksɪkjuːt[/t]] ♦♦♦ executes, executing, executed 1) VERB To execute someone means to kill them as a punishment for a serious crime. [be V ed] He said nobody had been executed as a direct result of the events... [V n] One group claimed to… …   English dictionary

• execute on sth — UK US execute on sth Phrasal Verb with execute({{}}/ˈeksɪkjuːt/ verb ► to perform a task or complete an activity successfully: »We are confident about our ability to execute on cost performance and meet our goals for the remainder of the year …   Financial and business terms