What it means
- (verb) To kill as punishment for capital crimes. “There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.”
- (verb) To carry out; to put into effect. “I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.”
- (verb) To perform. “to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly”
- (verb) To carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing. “to execute a contract”
- (verb) To start, launch or run “to execute a program”
- (verb) To run, usually successfully. “The program executed, but data problems were discovered.”
Letter analysis
- Executes contains 8 letters: 4 vowel(s) and 4 consonant(s).
- It uses 6 unique letters.
- Estimated syllable count: 4.
- Scrabble-style letter score: 17.
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Words starting with EXE
- exec
- execrable
- execrate
- execrated
- execrates
- execrating
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- executable
- execute
- executed
- executing
- execution
- executioner
- executioners
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- executive
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Common questions
What does Executes mean?
To kill as punishment for capital crimes.
How many letters are in Executes?
Executes has 8 letters.
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