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Word entry · 9 letters

execution

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"Carrying out a plan"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ˌɛk.sɪˈkjuː.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted ceeinotuxStarts with EEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. The act of carrying out a plan, order, or task.

Word origin

From Old French execution (c.1360), from Latin exsecutiō, an agent noun from exsequor (“to follow out”), from ex (“out”) + sequor (“follow”). Equivalent to execute + -ion.

Used in a sentence

  • The mission's successful execution lifted the troops' morale.
  • There are two executions in the house, one for sixteen hundred, the other for two thousand three hundred pounds.
  • The entire machine slowed down during the execution of the virus checker.

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