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Execution (painting)
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
"They criticised his performance as mayor"
"Experience generally improves performance"
(2) Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
(3) The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
"The agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
(4) Putting a condemned person to death
(5) 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
(6) (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
(7) (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
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Etymology
From execution (c.1360), from executio, an agent noun from exequi "to follow out", itself from ex- "out" + sequi "to follow"
Noun
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- The battle plan was risky but its execution was near perfect and thus ultimately succeeded.
- The state of being executed (accomplished).
- The battle plan was successfully executed.
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.
- Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.
Related terms
- execute
- executioner
- execution style
- executive
- executor