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(noun) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order; "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy" |
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Synonyms: carrying out, implementation |
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Related Words: enforcement |
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(noun) putting a condemned person to death |
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Synonyms: capital punishment, death penalty, executing |
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Related Words: beheading, burning, burning at the stake, corporal punishment, crucifixion, decapitation, electrocution, hanging |
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(noun) the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer |
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Related Words: batch processing, concurrent execution, multiprogramming, process |
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(noun) the act of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it; "experience generally improves performance" |
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Synonyms: carrying into action, carrying out, doing, performance |
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Related Words: action, mechanics, mechanism, music, specific performance |
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