📖 Definitions of "Execute"
- 1
To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
"There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes."
- 2
To carry out; to put into effect.
"I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned."
- 3
To perform.
"to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly"
- 4
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 execute a contract"
🔄 Synonyms of "Execute"
9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| carryverb | (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| carry outverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill. |
| accomplishverb | (transitive) To finish successfully. |
| performverb | (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. |
| doverb | (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. |
| fulfillverb | (transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| fulfilverb | British standard spelling of fulfill. |
| carry throughverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end. |
| put to deathverb | To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Execute"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| put to deathverb | To kill as punishment for capital crimes; to execute. |
| carryverb | (transitive) To lift (something) and take it to another place; to transport (something) by lifting. |
| carry outverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To fulfill. |
| carry throughverb | (transitive, idiomatic) To manage to execute; to perform successfully, all the way to the end. |
| accomplishverb | (transitive) To finish successfully. |
| performverb | (ambitransitive) To do (something) in front of an audience, such as acting or music, often in order to entertain. |
| fulfillverb | (transitive) To satisfy, carry out, bring to completion (an obligation, a requirement, etc.). |
| fulfilverb | British standard spelling of fulfill. |
| doverb | (auxiliary) A syntactic marker. |
| killverb | (transitive) To put to death; to extinguish the life of. |
| dischargeverb | To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear. |
| deliververb | To bring or transport something to its destination. |
| runverb | To move swiftly. |
| runningnoun | The activity of running as a form of exercise, as a sport, or for any other reason. |
| runtimenoun | Alternative spelling of run time. [(computing) The stage during which a program is executing.] |
| issueverb | (intransitive) To flow out, to proceed from, to come out or from. |
| launchverb | (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation |
| pursueverb | (transitive) To aim for, go after (a specified objective, situation etc.). |
| submitverb | (ambitransitive) To enter or put forward for approval, consideration, marking etc. |
| fillverb | (transitive, ergative) To make full |
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