What does "execution" mean?
The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
Execution
/ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/ noun
noun ·Common ·High school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- Grammar: execution is listed as noun.
- Nearest alternatives: capital punishment, death penalty, implementation, performance.
- Useful contrasts: engineering concept, nonoperational status, no process.
- Usage evidence: Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). countable, uncountable
"Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution."
- 2 the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it wordnet
- 3 The state of being accomplished. countable, uncountable
"The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale."
- 4 unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being wordnet
- 5 The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated. countable, uncountable
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- 6 the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order wordnet
- 7 The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will. countable, uncountable
- 8 putting a condemned person to death wordnet
- 9 Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment. archaic, countable, uncountable
"There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds."
- 10 a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out wordnet
- 11 The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect. countable, uncountable
- 12 (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable wordnet
- 13 The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer. countable, uncountable
"The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker."
- 14 (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer wordnet
Synonyms
All synonymsAntonyms
engineering conceptnonoperational statusno processa project
Example
"Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "execution"?
Common synonyms include: capital punishment, death penalty, implementation, performance, accomplished fact, accomplishing.
How do you use "execution" in a sentence?
Any result obtained through the execution of the Commissioned Business shall belong to each party hereto.
How do you pronounce "execution"?
Pronounced /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/.
Etymology
From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”). Equivalent to execute + -ion.