past form and past participle
Carried out what a plan, order, or strategy required.
The team executed the plan perfectly.
The strategy was executed perfectly by the team.
American English
How to pronounce executed
verb · adjectiveB2Common word
EHKsuhkyoodihd
/ˈɛk.səkˌju.ɾɪd̚/
4 syllables · Stress the first syllable.
Form of execute
Executed is both the past form and past participle of execute, so it can appear in active and passive sentences. It is also commonly used before a noun as a participial adjective.
Carried out what a plan, order, or strategy required.
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past form and past participle
Signed a legal document so that it became official.
Both companies executed the agreement.
The contract was executed by the buyer.
past form and past participle
Made a computer program run or made a computer carry out a command.
The computer executed the command in seconds.
The script was executed automatically at startup.
past form and past participle
Killed someone as an official punishment, usually after a court ordered it.
The prisoner was executed at dawn.
He was executed for murder.
Related words & forms
Before -ing, drop the final e: executing, not executeing.