execute
[ ek-si-kyoot ]
/ ˈɛk sɪˌkyut /
verb (used with object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.
verb (used without object), ex·e·cut·ed, ex·e·cut·ing.
to perform or accomplish something, as an assigned task.
Sports.
to perform properly the fundamental moves or mechanics of a sport, game, position, or particular play; show smoothness in necessary skills: We just didn't execute defensively.
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O, what truths profound and executable only in ages and orbs, are supposed in the announcement of every truth!
Essays, First Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Dictionary definitions for executable (1 of 2)
executable
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːtəbəl) /
adjective
(of a computer program) able to be run
noun
a file containing a program that will run as soon as it is opened
British Dictionary definitions for executable (2 of 2)
execute
/ (ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt) /
verb (tr)
Derived forms of execute
executer, nounWord Origin for execute
C14: from Old French
executer, back formation from
executeur
executor