execute

[ ek-si-kyoot ]
/ ˈɛk sɪˌkyut /

verb (used with object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.

verb (used without object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.

to perform or accomplish something, as an assigned task.
Sports. to perform properly the fundamental moves or mechanics of a sport, game, position, or particular play; show smoothness in necessary skills: We just didn't execute defensively.

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Origin of execute

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English executen, from Old French executer, from Medieval Latin execūtāre, derivative of Latin execūtus, past participle of ex(s)equī “to follow up, carry out (punishment), execute”; see ex-1, sequence

SYNONYMS FOR execute

1 achieve, complete, finish, consummate.
7a enforce, administer.

synonym study for execute

2. See perform. 3. See kill1.

OTHER WORDS FROM execute

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH execute

kill1 execute murder (see synonym study at kill1)

Words nearby execute

execrative, execratory, executable, executant, executary, execute, execution, executioner, executive, executive agreement, executive branch
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Example sentences from the Web for executer

  • It was, however, well understood at Athens that the planner and executer of the deed was Demosthenes.

    Vacation days in Greece|Rufus B. Richardson

  • She was the instigator and the executer of the crime against Naboth.

    The Expositor's Bible|F. W. Farrar

British Dictionary definitions for executer

execute
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt) /

verb (tr)

Derived forms of execute

executer, noun

Word Origin for execute

C14: from Old French executer, back formation from executeur executor
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