| NOUN | act | execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty | putting a condemned person to death |
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| act | execution, performance, carrying out, carrying into action | the act of performing | |
| process | execution, instruction execution | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer | |
| communication | execution, execution of instrument | (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 | |
| communication | execution, writ of execution | 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 | |
| act | execution, implementation, carrying out | the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order | |
| act | execution, murder, slaying | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being |
| Sounds | eh.ksahkyuw'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | putting a condemned person to death. | |
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| Synonyms | executing, capital punishment, death penalty | |
| Narrower | burning, burning at the stake | execution by fire |
| crucifixion | The act of executing by a method widespread in the ancient world | |
| decapitation, beheading | execution by cutting off the victim's head | |
| electrocution, burning | execution by electricity | |
| hanging | A form of capital punishment | |
| Broader | corporal punishment | The infliction of physical injury on someone convicted of committing a crime |
| Spanish | castigo capital, ejecución, pena capital, pena de muerte | |
| Catalan | pena capital, pena de mort | |
| Nouns | executioner | an official who inflicts capital punishment in pursuit of a warrant |
| Verbs | execute | kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment |
| Meaning | The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it. | |
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| Synonyms | performance, carrying out, carrying into action | |
| Narrower | linguistic performance | (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations |
| mechanism, mechanics | The technical aspects of doing something | |
| officiation | The performance of a religious or ceremonial or public duty | |
| specific performance | The performance of a legal contract as specified by its terms | |
| Broader | action | Something done (usually as opposed to something said) |
| Spanish | actuación, cumplimiento, desempeño, ejecución, realización | |
| Catalan | actuació, compliment, execució, realització | |
| Verbs | execute | carry out or perform an action |
| Meaning | (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer. | |
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| Synonym | instruction execution | |
| Category | computer science, computing | The branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
| Part of | data processing | (computer science) a series of operations on data by a computer in order to retrieve or transform or classify information |
| Narrower | batch processing | The serial execution of computer programs |
| multiprogramming, concurrent execution | The execution of two or more computer programs by a single computer | |
| Broader | process, physical process | A sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states |
| Spanish | ejecución | |
| Catalan | execució | |
| Meaning | (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. | |
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| Synonym | execution of instrument | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | subscription | The act of signing your name |
| Verbs | execute | carry out the legalities of |
| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | writ of execution | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | court order | A writ issued by a court of law requiring a person to do something or to refrain from doing something |
| Spanish | ejecutoria, mandamiento de ejecución | |
| Catalan | manament d'execució | |
| Meaning | The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order. | |
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| Synonyms | implementation, carrying out | |
| Broader | enforcement | The act of enforcing |
| Spanish | cumplimiento, ejecución, implementación, puesta en práctica, realización | |
| Catalan | acompliment, compliment, execució, posada en pràctica, realització | |
| Adjectives | executive | having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc. |
| Verbs | execute | put in effect |
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