# execute

Pronunciation: say "EK-si-kyoot" /ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/

## Verb

1. To carry out an order, plan, or task and put it into effect.
   - Simple: To carry out a plan, order, or task and make it happen.
   - _Commanders need to execute the strategy without hesitation._
   - _The crew executed the maneuver flawlessly during the storm._
2. To put someone to death as a legal punishment for a capital crime.
   - Simple: To kill someone as punishment for a very serious crime.
   - _The kingdom would execute traitors in the public square._
   - _Authorities executed the convicted assassin after years of appeals._
3. To perform a particular action, movement, or routine.
   - Simple: To perform an action, move, or piece of work.
   - _Gymnasts must execute each routine with precision._
   - _She executed a flawless dive off the high board._
4. To carry out the formal steps, such as signing, that make a contract or other document legally binding and valid.
   - Simple: To make a legal document, like a contract, official by signing it.
   - _The buyer and seller will execute the deed at closing._
   - _She executed her will with two witnesses present._
5. To start or launch a program, command, or set of instructions so that it runs.
   - Simple: To start a program or set of instructions so a computer runs it.
   - _You can execute the script from the command line._
   - _The system executed thousands of instructions per second._
6. Of a program or process, to run, usually completing without errors.
   - Simple: When a program runs and works without problems.
   - _Programs must execute cleanly before they ship._
   - _The routine executed without a single error._

## Origin

From Old French executer (modern French exécuter), from Latin exsecutus, the past participle of exsequor "to follow up or through" (especially in the sense of carrying out a deed or a punishment) built from ex- ("out") plus sequor ("to follow").

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