execute

Other forms of execute

past tense

executed·

present participle

executing·

third person

executes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about execute

What does execute mean?

execute means "kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment". That is the primary sense; the word has 7 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in execute?

execute has 3 syllables: ex-e-cute. The stress falls on "ex". In IPA it is /ˈɛksəˌkjut/.

What is another word for execute?

Close synonyms include put to death, carry through, accomplish, carry out, action. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is execute a common word?

execute is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with execute?

6 words rhyme with execute. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.