execute

«execute» in Mova's school dictionary: To kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (execute, executes, executed, executing)

meaning for a pupil

1) (law) To kill someone as a punishment ordered by a court or ruler. tree →

2) (formal) To carry out a plan, an order or a task. tree →

3) To perform a movement or skill well, such as a dance step or a dive. tree →

4) (computers) To run a program or a command. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history lessons it means putting a person to death as punishment, for example kings and traitors long ago. In sport, dance and computing it means doing or running something exactly: «execute a perfect cartwheel», «the computer executes the code». Phrases: execute a plan, execute an order, be executed for, execute a program.

examples

• The gymnast executed a perfect backflip. tree →
• The team executed their plan and won the match. tree →
• When you press Enter, the computer executes the command. tree →
• In history we learned that the king was executed long ago. tree →
• The soldiers executed the general's orders at once. tree →
• The skater executed a tricky jump on the ice. tree →
• The robot will execute each step in order. tree →
• At sight of the gold, Scheih Ibrahim set off at once to execute the commission. tree →

note

Nouns: execution (the act of executing), executive (a manager in a company), executioner (the person who carried out death sentences). An «executor» is the person who carries out the wishes in someone's will. The killing sense is serious and sad; in sport and computing the word is neutral and common.

In the corpora

• The Queen's argument: if nothing is done at once, she'll have everybody executed.
• The Gryphon chuckles: it's all her fancy, «they never executes nobody».
• The King: «Give your evidence, or I'll have you executed, whether you're nervous or not.»
• "The ultimate penalty" means the death penalty: the law kills (executes) the criminal.
• He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «execute» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.