English Explanatory Dictionary

execute

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
To carry out; to put into effect.
To perform.
To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
To start, launch, or run.
To run, usually successfully.

Pronunciation

/ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/ /ˈɛɡzɪˌkjuːt/ en-us-execute.ogg /eɡ.zɪ.kjuːʈ/

Word forms

execute executes executing executed exequte exequute exsecute exsequute

Etymology

From Old French executer (French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor (“to follow (up/through)”, particularly in the sense “to go through with a deed or punishment”), from ex- (“out”) + sequor (“to follow”).

Synonyms

perform carry out do start launch run open

Derived words

electrocute executability executable executed execute order execution executioner executive executor executrix executry misexecute nonexecuted nonexecuting outexecute reexecute self-executing unexecute unexecuted

Translations

Arabic: نَفَّذَ Catalan: executar Czech: provádět Danish: udføre Danish: eksekvere Danish: starte Danish: påbegynde Dutch: bewerkstelligen Dutch: uitvoeren Finnish: aloittaa Finnish: käynnistää Irish: cuir i bhfeidhm Polish: uruchomić Polish: rozpocząć Polish: zacząć Romanian: executa Russian: выполня́ть Russian: вы́полнить Russian: исполня́ть Russian: испо́лнить Scottish Gaelic: cuir an gnìomh Ukrainian: вико́нувати Ukrainian: ви́конати

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