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How to sign: carry out or perform an action
"John did the painting, the weeding, and he cleaned out the gutters"; "the skater executed a triple pirouette"; "she did a little dance";
Within this category: appear, blaze away, carry, churn out, click off, conduct, cut, cut corners, declaim, improvise, interpret, make, pipe up, premier, rehearse, scamp, serenade, sight-read, star, stunt
How to sign: put in effect
"carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation";
Similiar / Same: carry through, accomplish, carry out, fulfill, fulfil, action
Categories: bring about, complete, effect, effectuate, finish, set up
Within this category: consummate, consummate, dispatch, do, get over, run
How to sign: kill as a means of socially sanctioned punishment
"In some states, criminals are executed";
Similiar / Same: put to death
Categories: kill, penalise, penalize, punish
Within this category: burn, crucify, hang
How to sign: carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine
"Run the dishwasher"; "run a new program on the Mac"; "the computer executed the instruction";
Similiar / Same: run
Categories: apply, enforce, implement
Within this category: step
