Topic: COMPUTERS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | exécuter, from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequi 'to execute', from sequi 'to follow' |
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ex‧e‧cute
[transitive]
[transitive]2 to do something that has been carefully planned [= implement]: The job involves drawing up and executing a plan of nursing care.
do something
formalThe job involves drawing up and executing a plan of nursing care.3 to perform a difficult action or movement
perform an action
formal4TD if a computer executes a program or command (=instruction), it makes the program or command happen or work
computer
technical5 to make sure that the instructions in a legal document are followed
legal document
lawSCLMX6 to produce a painting, book, film etc : a boldly executed story
produce something
formalAVPa boldly executed storyWORD CHOICE: WORD CHOICE:
kill, murder, execute, put to death, kill yourself, commit suicide, slaughter, massacre, assassinateThere are many different words meaning to kill someone. Kill is the most general • He says he did not mean to kill his wife. • Thousands of soldiers were killed in the war.Use murder to talk about deliberately killing someone, especially after planning to do it • He is charged with murdering a policeman.When you are talking about killing someone as a punishment for a crime, use execute or put someone to death • He was executed by a firing squad. • the first person to be put to death in San Quentin jailIf someone deliberately causes their own death, say that they commit suicide or that someone kills himself or herself • the feeling of hopelessness that led him to commit suicide, • It was not the first time she had tried to kill herself. Slaughter and massacre mean to violently kill a large number of people who cannot defend themselves. These words are used mainly in writing or journalism • Hundreds of innocent civilians were slaughtered. • Soldiers massacred 900 men, women, and children in the village.Use assassinate to talk about killing an important person, especially a politician • J.F.Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. ➔ See also kill
WORD CHOICE: kill, murder, execute, put to death, kill yourself, commit suicide, slaughter, massacre, assassinateThere are many different words meaning to kill someone. Kill is the most general • He says he did not mean to kill his wife. • Thousands of soldiers were killed in the war.Use murder to talk about deliberately killing someone, especially after planning to do it • He is charged with murdering a policeman.When you are talking about killing someone as a punishment for a crime, use execute or put someone to death • He was executed by a firing squad. • the first person to be put to death in San Quentin jailIf someone deliberately causes their own death, say that they commit suicide or that someone kills himself or herself • the feeling of hopelessness that led him to commit suicide, • It was not the first time she had tried to kill herself. Slaughter and massacre mean to violently kill a large number of people who cannot defend themselves. These words are used mainly in writing or journalism • Hundreds of innocent civilians were slaughtered. • Soldiers massacred 900 men, women, and children in the village.Use assassinate to talk about killing an important person, especially a politician • J.F.Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas in 1963. ➔ See also kill
