execution

英 [,eksɪ'kjuːʃ(ə)n] 美[,ɛksɪ'kjuʃən]

• n. 执行，实行；完成；死刑

1. putting a condemned person to death

2. 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"

3. (computer science) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer

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

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

6. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order;

"the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"

7. unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being