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eks-i-KYOOSHUN/ˌeksɪˈkjuːʃn/

Execution here is the carrying out of a plan, order, or piece of work: in execution; the execution of. Execute is the verb (already in a higher list); performance is a close twin; implementation is the policy twin. Judge the execution of the method, then the error. Mix-up: execution vs exemption; the capital-punishment sense (put to death) — use that only if the source names a sentence or a scaffold; do not write execution for a plan that is only announced.

Meaning

The carrying out of a plan, order, or piece of work.

Examples

• “Judge the execution of the method, then the error, not a caption about capital punishment.”
• “Poor execution featured in the project review, which is the carrying-out sense — still name the missed deadline.”

Good to know

the execution of a plan / method / order; in execution. Verb: execute. Close: performance / implementation. Trap: capital punishment unless the source names it; exemption. Business, computing, and science. Carrying a plan out — name the method or the miss.

Near in meaning

implementation, performance, carrying-out

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