execution

sustantivo

1. 1

   The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances).

   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.

2. 2

   The state of being accomplished.

   The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.

3. 3

   The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.

   Efforts to unionize were routinely met with clubbings, shootings, jailings, blacklistings and executions, perpetrated not only by well-armed legions of company goons, but also by police officers, deputies, National Guardsmen and even regular soldiers.

4. 4

   The carrying into effect of a court judgment, or of a will.

5. 5

   arcaicoSpecifically, the seizure of a debtor's goods or property in default of payment.

   There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.

6. 6

   The formal process by which a contract is made valid and put into binding effect.

7. 7

   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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executions