execute
[ ek-si-kyoot ]
/ ˈɛk sɪˌkyut /
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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
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How to use execute in a sentence
While thus discoursing, this wild executer of the laws had unfettered the prisoner.
She was the instigator and the executer of the crime against Naboth.
The Expositor's Bible|F. W. FarrarIt was, however, well understood at Athens that the planner and executer of the deed was Demosthenes.
Vacation days in Greece|Rufus B. Richardson
British Dictionary definitions for execute
execute
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt) /
verb (tr)
Derived forms of execute
executer, nounWord Origin for execute
C14: from Old French executer, back formation from executeur executor
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