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English
Etymology
From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/, (nonstandard) /ˌɛɡ.zɪˈkjuː.ʃən/
Noun
execution (countable and uncountable, plural executions)
- The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).
1885, John Ormsby, chapter 1, in Don QuixoteWikisource, volume 1, translation of original by Miguel de Cervantes:Already the poor man saw himself crowned by the might of his arm Emperor of Trebizond at least; and so, led away by the intense enjoyment he found in these pleasant fancies, he set himself forthwith to put his scheme into execution.
- The state of being accomplished.
The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
- Coordinate term: realization
- The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.
- (law) The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.
- (now rare) Specifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.
1792, Charlotte Smith, Desmond, Broadview, published 2001, page 166:There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.
- (law) The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.
- (computing) The carrying out of an instruction, program or program segment by a computer.
- The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.
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Translations
act of executing or the state of being executed
- Afrikaans: uitvoering
- Azerbaijani: yerinə yetirmə, əməl (az), icra
- Bulgarian: изпълне́ние (bg) n (izpǎlnénie)
- Catalan: execució (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 執行/执行 (zh) (zhíxíng)
- Czech: provedení (cs) n
- Dutch: uitvoering (nl) f
- Finnish: toimeenpano (fi), toteutus (fi), suoritus (fi)
- French: exécution (fr) f
- German: Ausführung (de) f
- Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
- Hindi: अमल (hi) (amal)
- Hungarian: végrehajtás (hu), kivitelezés (hu), megvalósítás (hu)
- Italian: esecuzione (it)
- Japanese: 実行 (ja) (じっこう, jikkō)
- Korean: 실행(實行) (ko) (silhaeng)
- Latin: functiō f, exsecūtiō f
- Macedonian: извршување (izvršuvanje)
- Polish: wykonanie (pl) n, egzekucja (pl) f
- Portuguese: execução (pt) f
- Romanian: execuție (ro) f
- Russian: выполне́ние (ru) n (vypolnénije), исполне́ние (ru) n (ispolnénije)
- Slovene: izvedba f
- Spanish: ejecución (es) f
- Turkish: işletim (tr)
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act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty
- Afrikaans: teregstelling
- Albanian: ekzekutim (sq) m
- Arabic: إِعْدَام m (ʔiʕdām)
- Armenian: մահապատիժ (hy) (mahapatiž)
- Azerbaijani: edam
- Belarusian: ка́ра сме́рцю f (kára smjércju), экзэку́цыя f (ekzekúcyja), расстрэ́л m (rasstrél) (by a firing squad)
- Bulgarian: екзеку́ция (bg) f (ekzekúcija)
- Catalan: execució (ca) f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 處死/处死 (zh) (chǔsǐ), 處決/处决 (zh) (chǔjué), 死刑 (zh) (sǐxíng)
- Czech: poprava (cs) f
- Danish: henrettelse c
- Dutch: executie (nl), terechtstelling (nl) f, doodstraf (nl)
- Estonian: hukkamine
- Finnish: teloitus (fi)
- French: exécution (fr) f
- Georgian: სიკვდილით დასჯა (siḳvdilit dasǯa)
- German: Hinrichtung (de) f
- Greek: εκτέλεση (el) f (ektélesi)
- Hebrew: הוֹצָאָה לְהוֹרֵג (he) m (hotsaá lehorég)
- Hindi: कार्यान्वयन m (kāryānvayan)
- Hungarian: kivégzés (hu)
- Icelandic: aftaka (is) f, líflát (is) n
- Irish: bású m
- Italian: esecuzione (it)
- Japanese: 死刑 (ja) (しけい, shikei), 死罪 (ja) (しざい, shizai), 処刑 (ja) (しょけい, shokei)
- Kazakh: өлім жазасы (ölım jazasy)
- Korean: 사형(死刑) (ko) (sahyeong)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: îdam (ku)
- Kyrgyz: өлүм жазасы (ölüm jazası)
- Latin: carnificīna f
- Latvian: sodīšana ar nāvi f, nāves soda izpildīšana f, eksekūcija f
- Lithuanian: egzekucija f
- Macedonian: погубување n (pogubuvanje), егзекуција f (egzekucija)
- Malay: hukuman mati (ms)
- Maori: whakamatenga
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: henrettelse m
- Pashto: اعدام (ps) m (e'dām)
- Persian:
- Dari: اِعْدَام (fa) (i'dām)
- Iranian Persian: اِعْدام (fa) (e'dâm)
- Polish: egzekucja (pl) f
- Portuguese: execução (pt) f
- Romanian: execuție (ro) f
- Russian: казнь (ru) f (kaznʹ), экзеку́ция (ru) f (ekzɛkúcija), расстре́л (ru) m (rasstrél) (by a firing squad)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: егзеку́ција f
- Roman: egzekúcija (sh) f
- Slovak: poprava f
- Slovene: usmrtitev (sl) f
- Spanish: ejecución (es) f
- Swedish: avrättning (sv) c
- Tajik: эъдом (eʾdom), қатл (qatl)
- Turkish: idam (tr), ölüm cezası (tr)
- Ukrainian: стра́та f (stráta), ка́ра на смерть f (kára na smertʹ), екзеку́ція f (ekzekúcija), ро́зстріл m (rózstril) (by a firing squad)
- Uzbek: qatl etish, oʻldirish (uz), qatl (uz), oʻlim jazosi
- Vietnamese: tử hình (vi)
- Yiddish: עקזעקוציע f (ekzekutsye)
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carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will
carrying out of an instruction by a computer
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Further reading
- “execution”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “execution”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Middle French
Etymology
From Latin execūtiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“follow out”), itself from ex + sequor (“follow”).
Noun
execution f (plural executions)
- execution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated)
Descendants
Old French
Etymology
From Latin execūtiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“follow out”), itself from ex + sequor (“follow”).
Noun
execution oblique singular, f (oblique plural executions, nominative singular execution, nominative plural executions)
- execution (act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated)
Descendants