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say it: ek-suh-KYOO-shuhn
execution is a noun meaning "putting a condemned person to death". It carries 7 recorded senses.
putting a condemned person to death
the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
“they criticised his performance as mayor”
“experience generally improves performance”
(computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
computer science
(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
law
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
law
the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
“the agency was created for the implementation of the policy”
unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
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.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for execution come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.