Crossword-Solution: EXECUTION
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Execution | n. | The act of executing; a carrying into effect or to completion; performance; achievement; consummation; as, the execution of a plan, a work, etc. |
| Execution | n. | A putting to death as a legal penalty; death lawfully inflicted; as, the execution of a murderer. |
| Execution | n. | The act of the mode of performing a work of art, of performing on an instrument, of engraving, etc.; as, the execution of a statue, painting, or piece of music. |
| Execution | n. | The carrying into effect the judgment given in a court of law. |
| Execution | n. | A judicial writ by which an officer is empowered to carry a judgment into effect; final process. |
| Execution | n. | The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed, or a will. |
| Execution | n. | That which is executed or accomplished; effect; effective work; -- usually with do. |
| Execution | n. | The act of sacking a town. |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
ERATE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with EXECUTION (5)
Fellow citizens of the United States: in compliance with a custom as old as the government itself, I appear before you to address you briefly and to take, in your presence, the oath prescribed by the Constitution of the United States, to be taken by the President “before he enters on the execution of his office.” I do not consider it necessary, at present, for me to discuss those matters of administration about which there is no special anxiety, or excitement.
The execution had been fixed for eight o’clock on a Saturday morning about a fortnight after the sentence was passed, and up to Friday afternoon no answer had been received.
The age had not so much refinement, that any sense of impropriety restrained the wearers of petticoat and farthingale from stepping forth into the public ways, and wedging their not unsubstantial persons, if occasion were, into the throng nearest to the scaffold at an execution.
The relative execution times of instructions on a machine are usually discussed in clocks rather than absolute fractions of a second; one good reason for this is that clock speeds for various models of the machine may increase as technology improves, and it is usually the relative times one is interested in when discussing the instruction set.
Though his powers of execution were at such a low ebb, he used to play at this sonata for his pupil and managed to give her some idea of its beauty.
Quotes with EXECUTION (3)
Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!
Suddenly I began to find a strange meaning in old fairy-tales; woods, rivers, mountains, became living beings; mysterious life filled the night; with new interests and new expectations I began to dream again of distant travels; and I remembered many extraordinary things that I had heard about old monasteries. Ideas and feelings which had long since ceased to interest me suddenly began to assume significance and interest. A deep meaning and many subtle allegories appeared in w…
There is a very old saying that says, "Strike the iron when its hot". So start working on the idea when its young. The more you delay the execution of your idea, more will be your drop in enthusiasm and lesser will be your chances for its success.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: LAT, NYT, Universal, WSJ.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1970–2019).