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- pronunciation:
- ek
sih
kyut
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb), Word Explorer
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
executes, executing, executed |
| definition 1: |
to carry out or make real; do; accomplish.
They received the necessary training to execute their assigned tasks.The skater executed three perfect jumps.The carpenters executed the designs of the architect.- synonyms:
- administer, carry out, effect, fulfill, implement, perform
- similar words:
- accomplish, achieve, actualize, discharge, dispatch, do, expedite, prosecute, realize
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| definition 2: |
to make according to a design or plan.
This copy of the original was obviously executed by an amateur.- synonyms:
- carry out, discharge, fulfill, realize
- similar words:
- do, follow, manufacture, perform, produce
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| definition 3: |
to carry out an execution of; put to death.
Three convicted murderers were executed in this state in the past year.- similar words:
- assassinate, dispatch, kill, liquidate, lynch, murder, purge, remove, slay
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| definition 4: |
in law, to put into effect the terms of (a will).
You will need to decide who will execute your will upon your death. |
| related words: |
administer, behead, commit, enact, enforce, give, handle, hang, inflict, manage, mastermind, negotiate, obey, perpetrate, stone, transact, work |
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