Execution : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Execution	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Execution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
execution n putting a condemned person to death [syn: execution, executing, capital punishment, death penalty] 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" Synonym(s): performance, execution, carrying out, carrying into action (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer Synonym(s): execution, instruction execution (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, execution of instrument 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): execution, writ of execution the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" Synonym(s): execution, implementation, carrying out unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being Synonym(s): murder, slaying, execution
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Execution \Ex`ecu"tion\, n. [F. ex[82]cution, L. executio, exsecutio.] 1. The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution* of a plan, a work, etc. The excellence of the subject contributed much to the happiness of the execution. --Dryden. 2. A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. A warrant for his execution. --Shak. 3. The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. The first quality of execution is truth. --Ruskin. 4. (Law) (a) The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. (b) A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. (c) The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will. 5. That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. To do some fatal execution. --Shak. 6. The act of sacking a town. [Obs.] --Beau. & FL.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
execution The process of carrying out the {instructions} in a computer program by a computer. See also {dry run}. (1996-05-13)