EXECUTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of performing
   • of doing something successfully
   • using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
   Synonym(s)
   • carrying into action (what does carrying into action mean?)
   • carrying out (what does carrying out mean?)
   • performance (what does performance mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • they criticised his performance as mayor
   • experience generally improves performance
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • action (what does action mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • specific performance (what does specific performance mean?)
   • mechanism (what does mechanism mean?)
   • mechanics (what does mechanics mean?)
   • officiation (what does officiation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • perform (what does perform mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
   • perform (what does perform mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • do (what does do mean?)
2. Meaning
   • unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
   Synonym(s)
   • murder (what does murder mean?)
   • slaying (what does slaying mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • homicide (what does homicide mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bloodshed (what does bloodshed mean?)
   • blood (what does blood mean?)
   • gore (what does gore mean?)
   • contract killing (what does contract killing mean?)
   • parricide (what does parricide mean?)
   • elimination (what does elimination mean?)
   • liquidation (what does liquidation mean?)
   • slaughter (what does slaughter mean?)
   • massacre (what does massacre mean?)
   • mass murder (what does mass murder mean?)
   • carnage (what does carnage mean?)
   • butchery (what does butchery mean?)
   • lynching (what does lynching mean?)
   • assassination (what does assassination mean?)
   • dry-gulching (what does dry-gulching mean?)
   • fratricide (what does fratricide mean?)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • infanticide (what does infanticide mean?)
   • shoot-down (what does shoot-down mean?)
   • tyrannicide (what does tyrannicide mean?)
   • thuggee (what does thuggee mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • murder (what does murder mean?)
   • slay (what does slay mean?)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • dispatch (what does dispatch mean?)
   • bump off (what does bump off mean?)
   • polish off (what does polish off mean?)
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
   • murder (what does murder mean?)
   • slay (what does slay mean?)
   • hit (what does hit mean?)
   • dispatch (what does dispatch mean?)
   • bump off (what does bump off mean?)
   • polish off (what does polish off mean?)
   • remove (what does remove mean?)
3. Meaning
   • the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
   Synonym(s)
   • carrying out (what does carrying out mean?)
   • implementation (what does implementation mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the agency was created for the implementation of the policy
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • enforcement (what does enforcement mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • follow through (what does follow through mean?)
   • follow up (what does follow up mean?)
   • follow out (what does follow out mean?)
   • carry out (what does carry out mean?)
   • implement (what does implement mean?)
   • put through (what does put through mean?)
   • go through (what does go through mean?)
   • carry through (what does carry through mean?)
   • accomplish (what does accomplish mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • carry out (what does carry out mean?)
   • action (what does action mean?)
   • fulfill (what does fulfill mean?)
   • fulfil (what does fulfil mean?)
4. Meaning
   • putting a condemned person to death
   Synonym(s)
   • capital punishment (what does capital punishment mean?)
   • death penalty (what does death penalty mean?)
   • executing (what does executing mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • corporal punishment (what does corporal punishment mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • burning (what does burning mean?)
   • burning at the stake (what does burning at the stake mean?)
   • hanging (what does hanging mean?)
   • electrocution (what does electrocution mean?)
   • burning (what does burning mean?)
   • decapitation (what does decapitation mean?)
   • beheading (what does beheading mean?)
   • crucifixion (what does crucifixion mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • put to death (what does put to death mean?)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
   • put to death (what does put to death mean?)
5. Meaning
   • a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
   Synonym(s)
   • writ of execution (what does writ of execution mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • court order (what does court order mean?)
6. Meaning
   • (law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it) so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable
   Synonym(s)
   • execution of instrument (what does execution of instrument mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • subscription (what does subscription mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • execute (what does execute mean?)
7. Meaning
   • (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
   Synonym(s)
   • instruction execution (what does instruction execution mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) execution is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • process (what does process mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • batch processing (what does batch processing mean?)
   • multiprogramming (what does multiprogramming mean?)
   • concurrent execution (what does concurrent execution mean?)