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execute

/ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/ verbe B2

En français : exécuter, mettre à mort

  1. To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime. (transitive) · There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.· According to international treaties, it is illegal to execute prisoners of war.
  2. To carry out; to put into effect. (transitive) · Your orders have been executed, sir!· I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
  3. To perform. (transitive) · to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly· to execute a turn in ballet
  4. 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. (transitive) · to execute a contract
  5. To start, launch, or run. (transitive) · to execute a program
  6. To run, usually successfully. (intransitive) · The program executed, but data problems were discovered.

He/she/it executes · Prétérit executed · Participe passé executed · Forme en -ing executing

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Formes du verbe

Forme de base
execute
He/she/it
executes
Prétérit
executed
Participe passé
executed
Forme en -ing
executing

Dans la bibliothèque

You may execute your song and dance, but do not sing too loudly.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 36 · C1
Owing to the very judicious plan of dividing the two acts of the opera with a ballet, the pauses between the performances are very short, the singers in the opera having time to repose themselves and change their costume, when necessary, while the dancers are executing their pirouettes and exhibiting their graceful steps.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 371 · C1
The order was executed as promptly as it would have been on board a man-of-war.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 3 · C1
She’ll get me executed, as sure as ferrets are ferrets!
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 21 · B2

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