to execute

Examples

• All

• I'd love to know how you prioritize and execute your missions and your goals.

  Mulligan Brothers Interviews

• Students were given the autonomy to plan and execute the event, with guidance from the professor.

  Academic text (2012)

• You will build a team around you to execute on the plans that you build.

  Evan Carmichael

• And then be prepared to put in the hours and execute and work really, really hard.

  Tom Ferry

• We must figure out a plan and execute it.

  Oldboy (2013)

• There are a few simple steps that students need to follow to execute this strategy.

  Academic text (2013)

• Each school librarian in the district would develop and execute her own action research.

  Academic text (2015)

• Any organization must have resources available in order to execute activities that will attain the organization's goals.

  Academic text (2008)

• The executive branch should be given greater flexibility in executing budget and policy decisions.

  Academic text (1990)

• After drafting the proposal, the team decided to execute it during the next quarter.

Synonyms

D

to do

vsto execute

∞ 1.0

Study a subject at university, for example medicine or law

is specific to completing planned tasks rather than any general activity

P

to perform

vsto execute

∞ 1.3

To do a task or duty

applies mainly to doing plans or orders rather than general acts

A

to accomplish

vsto execute

942 2.6

To do something successfully after much effort

focuses on carrying out the action itself, not only achieving the result

I

to implement

vsto execute

515 3.7

To put a plan or rule into action

is the broader act of doing tasks, not only making plans effective

C

to carry out

vsto execute

348 1.8

To do a task or follow instructions

is about performing the action itself without stressing completion method

F

to fulfill

vsto execute

• US

265 2.8

To do what is required or promised

is focused on doing actions rather than meeting promises or requirements

C

to carry through

vsto execute

2 3.7

Finish something successfully when it is difficult

is broader, covering task execution without this difficulty emphasis

Idioms

E

to execute a U-turn

• Literature

5.3

Change a plan or decision so the opposite happens

Phrasal Verbs

E

to execute a U-turn

3.5

Turn a vehicle in a U shape to go the other way

How Successfully

to achieve

∞ 2.3

to accomplish

942 2.6

to execute

233 3.6

to perform

∞ 1.3

to carry out

348 1.8

Surface Forms

Etymology