execute
US: /ˈɛksəkˌjut/
UK: /ˈɛksɪkjˌuːt/
UK: /ˈɛksɪkjˌuːt/
English Vietnamese dictionary
execute /'eksikju:t/
- ngoại động từ
- thực hiện, thi hành, thừa hành, chấp hành
- thể hiện; biểu diễn (bản nhạc...)
- (pháp lý) làm thủ tục để cho có giá trị (hiệp ước, giao kèo...) (bằng cách ký vào, đóng dấu vào...)
- hành hình
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 [usually passive] ~ sb (for sth) to kill sb, especially as a legal punishment: He was executed for treason. + The prisoners were executed by firing squad.
2 (formal) to do a piece of work, perform a duty, put a plan into action, etc: They drew up and executed a plan to reduce fuel consumption. + The crime was very cleverly executed. + Check that the computer has executed your commands.
3 (formal) to successfully perform a skilful action or movement: The pilot executed a perfect landing.
4 (formal) to make or produce a work of art: Picasso also executed several landscapes at Horta de San Juan.
5 (law) to follow the instructions in a legal document; to make a document legally valid: His will was executed by his lawyers in 1978.
Thesaurus dictionary
v.
1 accomplish, do, carry out or off or through, perform, discharge, dispatch or despatch, bring about or off, implement, engineer, cause, Colloq pull off, put over, Slang US swing, cut, hack (out):
She executes her duties satisfactorily.
2 complete, finish, deliver; achieve, consummate, fulfil, effect, effectuate; sign, seal, validate, countersign:
He executed the portrait in an hour. The contract was executed yesterday.
3 put to death, kill, put to the sword, butcher; liquidate, assassinate, murder, remove, slay, Slang bump off, rub or wipe out, snuff (out), knock off, US waste, ice:
Convicted murderers are no longer executed in this country. The mob executed the rival gangleaders.
Collocation dictionary
1 kill sb as an official punishment
ADV.
summarily | extrajudicially, illegally | publicly | wrongly
innocent people who are wrongly executed
PREP.
for
He was executed for treason.
2 perform/carry out sth
ADV.
beautifully, boldly, brilliantly, cleanly, meticulously, neatly, skilfully, successfully, well
The movement was beautifully executed.
| poorly
Concise English dictionary
executes|executed|executing'eksɪkjuːt
verb
+kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
+murder in a planned fashion
+put in effect
+carry out the legalities of
+carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
+carry out or perform an action
+sign in the presence of witnesses
