executed
- 1Simple past and past participle of execute.
The general executed a bold maneuver that caught the enemy off guard.
The condemned man was executed at dawn, as the court had ordered.
Note
One spelling covers both the simple past and the past participle, so the surrounding words decide which is meant. Most uses of execute take an object, which makes the passive natural: a prisoner is executed, and a contract is executed when signing makes it binding. The computing use can also stand without an object. With software, was executed means someone ran the code, while plain executed means the code ran by itself.
The lease was executed by both parties on Friday and took effect immediately.
The script executed without errors on the first try.
executed is a form of execute
execute, verb: To carry out an order, plan, or task and put it into effect. Full entry
- Spelling
- execute → executed: add -d
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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