execution
(noun)
noun
1. putting a condemned person to death
Similar word(s): executing
Definition categories: act
2. the act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it
Similar word(s): performance
Definition categories: act, action
3. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer
Definition categories: process
4. (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
Definition categories: communication, subscription
5. 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
Definition categories: communication
6. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
Similar word(s): implementation
Definition categories: act, enforcement
7. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being
Similar word(s): murder, slaying
Definition categories: act, homicide
Sentences with execution as a noun:
- The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.Whenever the matrix inversion function executed the program crashed.