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Executing and Ordering

noun

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"
(p.pr.&vb.n.) of Execute.

noun

  • Logical or comprehensible arrangement of separate elements.
    • usage: "we shall consider these questions in the inverse order of their presentation"
  • The act of putting things in a sequential arrangement.
    • usage: "there were mistakes in the ordering of items on the list"

verb

  • Give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.
    • usage: "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed"
  • Make a request for something.
    • usage: "Order me some flowers"; "order a work stoppage"
  • Issue commands or orders for.
  • Bring into conformity with rules or principles or usage; impose regulations.
    • usage: "We cannot regulate the way people dress"; "This town likes to regulate"
  • Bring order to or into.
    • usage: "Order these files"
  • Place in a certain order.
    • usage: "order the photos chronologically"
  • Appoint to a clerical posts.
    • usage: "he was ordained in the Church"
  • Arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events.
    • usage: "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
  • Assign a rank or rating to.
    • usage: "how would you rank these students"; "The restaurant is rated highly in the food guide"