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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
execute
verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
beautifully
▪ Balto G A beautifully executed, edge-of-your-seat exciting animated adventure.
poorly
▪ There were hardly any well known names; the recently purchased Simon Vouet is very poorly executed.
▪ Their spree of corporate takeovers is, for the most part, wildly ill-advised and poorly executed.
▪ There is an occasional poorly executed sketch of a tiny organism or of a bone and muscle structure.
summarily
▪ In fact he was summarily executed.
■ NOUN
charge
▪ Thereafter the defendants executed a charge on their property in favour of the second defendants.
▪ The husband procured his wife to execute the charge by pressure that, the trial judge held, constituted undue influence.
▪ On 4 December 1989 both the appellants executed a further charge on the property in favour of the mortgagees.
command
▪ This will execute a command in every subdirectory of a hard disk.
▪ Only tap Enter to start a new paragraph, after a heading, or to execute a command.
document
▪ It's surprising how many mistakes an otherwise intelligent person can make when left to execute a document unaided.
▪ When Woolman displayed a gift for the field of law, his employer put him to work executing legal documents.
▪ This makes it possible for the proxy to execute efficient caching of documents that are requested by a number of clients.
instruction
▪ The control unit executed first the left-hand instruction, then the right-instruction, of each word in the program.
▪ It has been designed to execute most single-word instructions in a single clock cycle through a four-stage instruction pipeline.
law
▪ However, in March 1676, the King commanded them to execute these laws with renewed vigour.
man
▪ I do not approve of what they did, but it was a brilliantly executed attack by brave men.
▪ Since the Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty nearly 30 years ago, Maryland has executed three men.
▪ Thought they could stand up in full view in a club crammed with people, execute the man.
▪ The South stated it would execute any black man caught fighting for the North.
▪ Last week Virginia executed two young men, both in their 20s, for murders that they committed when they were 17.
order
▪ The school board, stymied, asked the federal court for an exemption from contempt proceedings for not executing the court order.
▪ Hal had executed the order, but he had not acknowledged it, as he invariably did.
people
▪ On orders from the top, they systematically executed thousands of people.
▪ Last year, Texas executed 40 people, the most by a U.S. state since 1930.
plan
▪ It will execute these plans by planning a coordinated series of contracts with selected providers and will then monitor them.
▪ They want me to facilitate their efforts; to help them execute their marketing plans and personal growth objectives.
prisoner
▪ In fact we executed such prisoners, but Teitgen only realised that later.
▪ Or the newly dead, such as executed prisoners.
▪ Mississippi has not executed a prisoner since 1989.
program
▪ If the computer does not receive this message, it does not execute the program.
▪ They were expected to plan strategy and execute programs for their work units.
▪ One also learns how machines can be built that will execute these programs and actually exhibit the capacity written into them.
▪ The new copy of the virus is executed when a user executes the host program.
squad
▪ The death sentence on Eduardo Díaz Betancourt was upheld on appeal, and he was executed by firing squad on Jan. 20.
▪ In 1923 three prisoners were executed by firing squad.
turn
▪ I executed a hard right turn, but could not see any other aircraft in my vicinity.
▪ Their wings do not normally come into contact, but even so there are problems when the dragonfly executes sharp turns.
warrant
▪ On 2 March 1988 two bailiffs attended to execute the warrant.
work
▪ One of his specialities is minimal invasive surgery; executing the maximum work through the smallest incision.
▪ It comes as news to many visitors that these artists do not themselves execute their works.
▪ They were expected to plan strategy and execute programs for their work units.
■ VERB
try
▪ Now go and try to execute them as precisely as drawn!
▪ In one apocryphal story that circulated on trading floors years ago, Black once tried to execute several trades using his model.
▪ He was tried and executed, protesting that he had nothing to do with the affair.
▪ The Communists dutifully echoed his admission, disclosing that even loyal Vietminh veterans had been unjustly tried and executed.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Brock's attorney has yet to execute the will.
▪ Franklin is in charge of executing the company's reorganization plan.
▪ King Charles I was executed on 30th January 1649.
▪ The directors make the decisions, but it's the managers who have to execute them.
▪ The goal of landing people on Mars will not be an easy one to execute.
▪ The show's dance routines were well executed.
▪ The two young men spent 6 months in jail waiting to be executed.
▪ This is a backward and cruel society, in which people are executed for homosexuality and adultery.
▪ This program automatically executes the commands once a day.
▪ We will not be able to execute the programs without more funding.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ According to police sources, many of the dead were civilians who had been tortured before being executed.
▪ California has executed four San Quentin inmates since the death penalty was reinstated in 1978, the last two by lethal injection.
▪ Hundreds of officers were arrested, tortured and executed.
▪ In any event, surveying becomes a much more complicated business and much more difficult to execute satisfactorily.
▪ Making it happen means involving the hearts and minds of those who have to execute and deliver.
▪ No federal prisoner has been executed in 37 years.
▪ The school board, stymied, asked the federal court for an exemption from contempt proceedings for not executing the court order.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Execute

Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Executed; p. pr. & vb. n. Executing.] [F. ex['e]cuter, L. executus, exsecutus, p. p. of exequi to follow to the end, pursue; ex out + sequi to follow. See Second, Sue to follow up, and cf. Exequy.]

  1. To follow out or through to the end; to carry out into complete effect; to complete; to finish; to effect; to perform.

    Why delays His hand to execute what his decree Fixed on this day?
    --Milton.

  2. To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc.

  3. To give effect to; to do what is provided or required by; to perform the requirements or stipulations of; as, to execute a decree, judgment, writ, or process.

  4. To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor.

  5. To put to death illegally; to kill. [Obs.]
    --Shak.

  6. (Mus.) To perform, as a piece of music or other feat of skill, whether on an instrument or with the voice, or in any other manner requiring physical activity; as, to execute a difficult part brilliantly; to execute a coup; to execute a double play.

    Syn: To accomplish; effect; fulfill; achieve; consummate; finish; complete. See Accomplish.

Execute

Execute \Ex"e*cute\, v. i.

  1. To do one's work; to act one's part or purpose. [R.]
    --Hayward.

  2. To perform musically.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
execute

late 14c. "to carry into effect" (transitive, mostly in law with reference to warrants, sentences, etc.), also "carry out or accomplish a course of action" (intransitive), from Old French executer (14c.), from Medieval Latin executare, from Latin execut-/exsecut-, past participle stem of exequi/exsequi "to follow out, to follow to the grave," figuratively "to follow, follow after, accompany, follow up, prosecute, carry out, enforce; execute, accomplish; punish, avenge," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + sequi "follow" (see sequel). Meaning "to inflict capital punishment" is from late 15c., from earlier legal sense "perform judgment or sentence on" (early 15c.). Related: Executed; executing.\n

Wiktionary
execute

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To kill as punishment for capital crimes. 2 (context transitive English) To carry out; to put into effect. 3 (context transitive English) To perform. 4 (context transitive English) To cause to become legally valid; as, to execute a contract. 5 (context transitive computing English) To start, launch or run; as, to execute a program.

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WordNet
execute

  1. v. kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment; "In some states, criminals are executed" [syn: put to death]

  2. murder execution-style; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"

  3. put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation" [syn: carry through, accomplish, carry out, action, fulfill, fulfil]

  4. carry out the legalities of; "execute a will or a deed"

  5. carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine; "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction" [syn: run]

  6. carry out or perform an action; "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance" [syn: perform, do]

  7. sign in the presence of witnesses; "The President executed the treaty"

Wikipedia
Execute (album)

Execute is the debut album of So Solid Crew members Oxide & Neutrino, released on 28 May 2001. It features the Casualty sampling number 1 single " Bound 4 Da Reload (Casualty)" and the Prodigy cover "No Good 4 Me". The song "Devil's Nightmare" was also featured on the Lara Croft: Tomb Raider soundtrack.

Execute (disambiguation)

Execute, in capital punishment, is to put someone to death.

Execute may also refer to:

  • Execution (computing), the running of a computer program
  • Execute (album), a 2002 hip-hop album by Oxide & Neutrino
  • USS Execute (AM-232), an Admirable-class minesweeper
  • "Execute", the first track on Slipknot's 2008 album All Hope Is Gone

Usage examples of "execute".

My illustrious friend still continuing to sound in my ears the imperious duty to which I was called, of making away with my sinful relations, and quoting many parallel actions out of the Scriptures, and the writings of the holy fathers, of the pleasure the Lord took in such as executed his vengeance on the wicked, I was obliged to acquiesce in his measures, though with certain limitations.

As Commander of the Empire fleet, I adjudge them guilty by space-law and order them executed immediately.

One Adolf Hitler was an early Party agitator, but as I recall it he intrigued against the Leader during the War of Triumph and was executed.

In 1832, a treaty, bearing date the 20th of April, was executed between the British government in India and Meermoorad Ali, who at that time was the principal Ameer of Scinde, in which a bond of friendship was entered into, and mutual commerce was agreed upon.

Docles seized the opportunity, accusing the Praetorian Prefect, a man called Arrius Aper, of having poisoned him, and executing him on the spot.

I was grateful to Arai for having me treated like an Oton lord, one of his own class, and for not humiliating me, but I imagined he would either have me executed or order me to kill myself.

Constantine should be rendered incapable of the throne: her emissaries assaulted the sleeping prince, and stabbed their daggers with such violence and precipitation into his eyes as if they meant to execute a mortal sentence.

I left them together, and on turning to view the dance I was astonished to see that Armelline was dancing admirably, and executing all the figures.

He came to Auer and executed a neat, military right-face, hoping to make his getaway before the guy in the pickup realized he was gone.

Barras, who declared the dangers of liberty averted, or the decree for the removal of the legislative corps, which was passed and executed under the pretext of the existence of imminent peril?

The emperor immediately ordered the young knight to be hanged, and bade some of his most noble followers to see the sentence executed.

This would be better than executing the vice commander in front of international newsnets, better than blowing up the Baku oil refinery.

They charged further that you were behaving as a king, whilst styling yourself a duke, in these places by conducting criminal trials, rendering judgement without juries and executing sentences of death.

Ahead, Commander Ari ha Bem executed the Pandronian equivalent of a smile.

He has orders to discover what he can about the bequest, but his primary mission is to execute Floyt and his escort.