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Execute and Answer

verb

  • Kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment.
    • usage: "In some states, criminals are executed"
  • Murder in a planned fashion.
    • usage: "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
  • Put in effect.
    • usage: "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
  • Carry out the legalities of.
    • usage: "execute a will or a deed"
  • Carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine.
    • usage: "Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction"
  • Carry out or perform an action.
    • usage: "John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance"
  • Sign in the presence of witnesses.
    • usage: "The President executed the treaty"

execute is the act of making a document legally valid, such as formalizing a contract by signing or acknowledging and delivering a deed. In some cases, execution of a document may refer solely to the act of signing, in other cases it may refer to complete performance of the document's terms.

noun

  • A statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation.
    • usage: "I waited several days for his answer"; "he wrote replies to several of his critics"
  • A statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem.
    • usage: "they were trying to find a peaceful solution"; "the answers were in the back of the book"; "he computed the result to four decimal places"
  • The speech act of replying to a question.
  • The principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims.
  • A nonverbal reaction.
    • usage: "his answer to any problem was to get drunk"; "their answer was to sue me"

verb

  • React verbally.
    • usage: "She didn't want to answer"; "answer the question"; "We answered that we would accept the invitation"
  • Respond to a signal.
    • usage: "answer the door"; "answer the telephone"
  • Give the correct answer or solution to.
    • usage: "answer a question"; "answer the riddle"
  • Understand the meaning of.
    • usage: "The question concerning the meaning of life cannot be answered"
  • Give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument. )
    • usage: "The defendant answered to all the charges of the prosecution"
  • Be liable or accountable.
    • usage: "She must answer for her actions"
  • Be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity.
    • usage: "A few words would answer"; "This car suits my purpose well"; "Will $100 do"; "A 'B' grade doesn't suffice to get me into medical school"; "Nothing else will serve"
  • Match or correspond.
    • usage: "The drawing of the suspect answers to the description the victim gave"
  • Be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of.
    • usage: "This may answer her needs"
  • React to a stimulus or command.
    • usage: "The steering of my new car answers to the slightest touch"