perform, execute, discharge, accomplish, achieve, effect, fulfill mean to carry out or into effect. perform implies action that follows established patterns or procedures or fulfills agreed-upon requirements …

EXECUTE definition: to carry out; accomplish. See examples of execute used in a sentence.

EXECUTE definition: 1. to kill someone as a legal punishment: 2. to do or perform something, especially in a planned…. Learn more.

To execute means to carry out in full or perform. If you execute all the difficult steps of the dance perfectly, you will make your instructor proud.

1. to carry out: to execute a plan. 2. to perform: to execute a gymnastic feat.

If you execute a difficult action or movement, you successfully perform it. I executed the hairpin turn high on the sheer western face of the mountains. [VERB noun]

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ex•e•cute /ˈɛksɪˌkyut/ v. [~ + object], -cut•ed, -cut•ing. to carry out; accomplish: to execute a plan. to perform or do: to execute a handstand. to put to death according to law: The murderer was executed …

Definition of execute verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

There are 17 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb execute, seven of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.