/ˈeksɪkjuːt/
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Meaning
To carry out a plan or an order; also to kill someone as a legal punishment.
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Word origin
From Latin exsequi, meaning to follow out or carry through to the end.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- exsequi
- English cognates
- execution, executive
Grammar
Examples
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To execute a plan is to carry it out.
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Here "executed" means killed as a punishment allowed by law.
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A computer executes commands by doing what they say.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 27, lesson 12: execute, unlike, relation and 5 more words.