Dictionary

execution en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
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Etymology

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”). Equivalent to execute + -ion.

Meanings

(countable, uncountable) The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
- Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution. 1885, John Ormsby, chapter 1, in Don Quixoteᵂⁱᵏⁱˢᵒᵘʳᶜᵉ, volume 1, translation of original by Miguel de Cervantes:
(countable, uncountable) The state of being accomplished.
- The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
(countable, uncountable) The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers. 2009 February 22, Kevin Baker, “Blood on the Street”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2021:
(countable, uncountable) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
(archaic, countable, uncountable) Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.
- There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds. 1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 166:
(countable, uncountable) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
(countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
executions	Number=Plur		lexicographic

Coordinates

realization

Deriveds

execution cycle · execution-style · nonexecution · inexecution · executional · execution unit · executionary · summary execution · writ of execution · executionist · execution time · postexecution · misexecution · executionism · posthumous execution · malexecution · unexecution

Hyponyms

crucifixion (penalty of death) · electrocution (penalty of death) · lethal injection (penalty of death) · hanging (penalty of death)

execute · executive · executioner · executor

Synonyms

pursuance

Translations (190)

ga bású (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru выполне́ние (act of executing or the state of being executed) · bg изпълне́ние (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · cs provedení (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · ru исполне́ние (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · az edam (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · kmr îdam (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cs poprava (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · tr işletim (act of executing or the state of being executed) · tl pagsasagawa (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ru экзеку́ция (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · de Ausführung (act of executing or the state of being executed) · be экзэку́цыя (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pt execução (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fi toimeenpano (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ro execuție (manner or style of a performance etc) · cs vykonání (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · pl egzekucja (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · hi अमल (act of executing or the state of being executed) · uz oʻlim jazosi (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · tr idam (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · hi कार्यान्वयन (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ja 死罪 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · sl izvedba (act of executing or the state of being executed) · pl wykonanie (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · ja 実行 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · pl egzekucja (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · it esecuzione (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ca execució (act of executing or the state of being executed) · da henrettelse (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · hu kivitelezés (act of executing or the state of being executed) · it esecuzione (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pt execução (manner or style of a performance etc) · pt execução (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · pl wykonanie (manner or style of a performance etc) · sl izvedba (manner or style of a performance etc) · nl uitvoering (act of executing or the state of being executed) · tr ölüm cezası (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cs provedení (manner or style of a performance etc) · hu megvalósítás (act of executing or the state of being executed) · lv sodīšana ar nāvi (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru исполне́ние (act of executing or the state of being executed) · hu végrehajtás (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · az icra (act of executing or the state of being executed) · mk извршување (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · mk извршување (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · mk погубување (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pt execução (act of executing or the state of being executed) · es ejecución (act of executing or the state of being executed) · sh егзеку́ција (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · bg изпълне́ние (act of executing or the state of being executed) · kmr bicihanîn (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · de Ausführung (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · ko 실행 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · nl uitvoering (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · sk poprava (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ro execuție (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ja 死刑 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ja 処刑 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · mk исполнување (manner or style of a performance etc) · nb henrettelse (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fr exécution (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · nl terechtstelling (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fa-ira اِعْدام (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ota تطبیق (act of executing or the state of being executed) · af uitvoering (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · af uitvoering (manner or style of a performance etc) · ca execució (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · bg екзеку́ция (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fr exécution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pt execução (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · kmr bicihanîn (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · et hukkamine (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · sv avrättning (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · es ejecución (manner or style of a performance etc) · lv eksekūcija (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fi toteutus (act of executing or the state of being executed) · tg иҷро (act of executing or the state of being executed) · pl egzekucja (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · fa-ira اِجْرا (act of executing or the state of being executed) · es ejecución (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · sh egzekúcija (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pl egzekucja (act of executing or the state of being executed) · de Hinrichtung (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru исполне́ние (manner or style of a performance etc) · ar تَنْفِيذ (act of executing or the state of being executed) · lv nāves soda izpildīšana (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · uk стра́та (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · nl executie (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru расстре́л (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · kmr bicihanîn (manner or style of a performance etc) · fi suoritus (act of executing or the state of being executed) · tl pagpapatupad (act of executing or the state of being executed) · is aftaka (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ps اعدام (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · es ajusticiamiento (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · tg қатл (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · mk исполнување (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · ky өлүм жазасы (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · hu végrehajtás (act of executing or the state of being executed) · uk екзеку́ція (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · de Exekution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · he הוֹצָאָה לְהוֹרֵג (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fi teloitus (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · el εκτέλεση (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · la carnificīna (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · lt egzekucija (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cmn 執行 /执行 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · uk викона́ння (act of executing or the state of being executed) · cmn 處死 /处死 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · az yerinə yetirmə (act of executing or the state of being executed) · fi täytäntöönpano (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · ru выполне́ние (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · yi עקזעקוציע (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cmn 死刑 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru те́хника (manner or style of a performance etc) · bg изпълне́ние (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · hi कार्यान्वयन (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · vi tử hình (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru казнь (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · uk ро́зстріл (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · af uitvoering (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · kk өлім жазасы (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · el εκτέλεση (act of executing or the state of being executed) · kmr bicihanîn (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ota سیاست (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · sk prevedenie (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ca execució (manner or style of a performance etc) · el εκτέλεση (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · el εκτέλεση (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · cs provedení (act of executing or the state of being executed) · uz oʻldirish (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pt execução (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · uz qatl etish (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · nl uitvoering (manner or style of a performance etc) · fr exécution (act of executing or the state of being executed) · la functiō (act of executing or the state of being executed) · sq ekzekutim (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cmn 處決 /处决 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · fi toimeenpano (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · fi suoritus (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · ko 집행 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · be ка́ра сме́рцю (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · es suplicio (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ja 執行 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · nl doodstraf (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · tl pagpapapatay (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · pl wykonanie (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ar إِعْدَام (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · is líflát (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · uz qatl (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · cmn 實行 /实行 (act of executing or the state of being executed) · fi toimeenpano (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · uk ка́ра на смерть (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · be выкана́ньне (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ka სიკვდილით დასჯა (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · uk ви́конання (act of executing or the state of being executed) · bg изпълне́ние (manner or style of a performance etc) · af uitvoering (act of executing or the state of being executed) · kmr encamdan (act of executing or the state of being executed) · be расстрэ́л (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ko 사형 (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · mk егзекуција (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ms hukuman mati (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · tg эъдом (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · az əməl (act of executing or the state of being executed) · hu kivégzés (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · de Ausführung (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · fi toteutus (manner or style of a performance etc) · ro execuție (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · sl usmrtitev (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ko 실행 (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · nl uitvoering (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · fr exécution (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · mi whakamatenga (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · el εκτέλεση (manner or style of a performance etc) · prs اِعْدَام (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · hi निष्पादन (act of executing or the state of being executed) · be выкана́нне (act of executing or the state of being executed) · nl tenuitvoerlegging (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · la exsecūtiō (act of executing or the state of being executed) · ja 実行 (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · ro execuție (carrying out of an instruction by a computer) · mk извршување (act of executing or the state of being executed) · kmr bicihanîn (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · af teregstelling (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru исполне́ние (formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect) · el εκτέλεση (carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will) · hy մահապատիժ (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty) · ru выполне́ние (carrying out of an instruction by a computer)