execute in English: To carry out a plan or an order; also to kill someone as a legal punishment. (verb)

Translation

To carry out a plan or an order; also to kill someone as a legal punishment.

Word origin

From Latin exsequi, meaning to follow out or carry through to the end.

Verb typeregular (execute, executes, executed)

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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.

kill

To make a person, animal, or plant die.

order

To ask for food, drink, or goods to be brought to you.

plan

An idea about what you will do and how you will do it before you start.

carry

To hold something and move it from one place to another.

perform

To sing, act or play music in front of other people; also to carry out a difficult job.

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