| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
| |
execute |
| |
| VERB: | 1. To oversee the provision or execution of: administer, administrate, carry out, dispense. See OVER. 2. To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion: bring off, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, put through. Informal : swing. See DO. 3. To compel observance of: carry out, effect, enforce, implement, invoke. Idioms: put in force, put into action. See OBLIGATION, OVER. 4. To carry out the functions, requirements, or terms of: discharge, do, exercise, fulfill, implement, keep, perform. Idioms: live up to. See DO. 5. To perform according to one's artistic conception: interpret, play, render. See PERFORMING ARTS. 6. To begin and carry through to completion: do, perform, prosecute. Informal : pull off. See DO.
| | |
| |
| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
