execute
🇺🇸
/ˈeksɪkjuːt/
🇬🇧
/ˈeksɪkjuːt/
verb
C1
to kill someone as a legal punishment
The court ordered to execute the criminal by lethal injection.
C1
to carry out a plan or task
The team will execute the new strategy starting next week.
R
to perform a skilled action well
The gymnast managed to execute a difficult flip perfectly.
R
to create a work of art
The artist will execute a large mural for the city hall.
R
to make a legal document valid
You need to execute the contract with your signature to make it official.
translation
to kill someone as a legal punishment; to carry out a plan or task; to perform a skilled action well; to create a work of art; to make a legal document valid
Word Forms
3rd Present
executes
Past
executed
Perfect
executed
Progressive
executing