French word

exécuter

Pronunciation

IPA/ɛgzekyte/

Meaning

  • verbcarry out

Example

Nous devons exécuter le plan.

We must carry out the plan.

Illustration for exécuter (carry out)

More examples

Le pianiste va exécuter une sonate ce soir.

The pianist will perform a sonata tonight.

Core concept

A prescribed plan being carried out step by step until nothing remains undone.

Common phrases

  • exécuter un plan

    execute a plan

  • exécuter une tâche

    execute a task

  • exécuter un ordre

    carry out an order

Similar words

faire: Perform an action or task.
effectuer: Complete a task or procedure by following its steps.
réaliser: Turn a plan or idea into a finished, concrete result.

Definition in French

Appliquer et accomplir un ordre, une tâche ou un plan jusqu'à son achèvement.

Word origin

Latin exsequi combined ex- with sequi, meaning to follow, and French developed this into the sense of following something through.

Usage tips

  • In technical French, exécuter un programme commonly means to run a program, not to carry it physically.

Other meanings

  • performverb
  • executeverb

Opposites

Related words

  • exécutionexecutionnoun
  • exécutableexecutableadjective
  • exécuteurexecutornoun

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