Execution

Quick meaning: Execution is a noun meaning The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

Meaning

The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

More Meanings

1. The state of being accomplished.
2. The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
3. (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
4. (now rare) Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.
5. (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
6. (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.

Example Sentences

The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.

The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.

There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.

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.

Word Forms

• executions

Synonyms for execution

Depending on context, synonyms include pursuance, implementation, performance, doing, executing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doing, performance, implementation, executing, executive, perform.

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