🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

実行する

Pronunciation / Transliteration: jikkō suru

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Execute/ˈɛk.sɪ.kjuːt/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"計画をスムーズに実行に移す。"

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2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To carry out or put into effect a plan, order, or course of action.

    "The company managed to execute the marketing strategy flawlessly."
  2. 2

    To run a computer program, instruction, or task.

    "Press enter to execute the command in the terminal."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin verb 'exsequi', meaning 'to follow to the end' or 'to perform', combining 'ex-' (out, thoroughly) and 'sequi' (to follow). Entering Middle English via Old French 'executer' in the 15th century, the term evolved from meaning to carry out a legal judgment or administrative command to its modern computing, professional, and punitive senses.

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