You can think of it as taking something that already exists only as a plan — an order, a design, a set of instructions — and carrying it all the way through to the end so that it actually happens in the world. The thinking is already done; execute is the part where it stops being on paper.
From the word’s history
From Latin exsequor "to follow through, follow to the end", from ex- ("out") + sequor ("to follow") — already used in Latin for going through with a deed or a punishment.
來自拉丁文 exsequor，由 ex-（出去）加 sequor（跟隨）組成，字面是「跟著走出去、跟到底」。拉丁文裡它已經專門用在「把一件事或一項處罰執行到底」上。這條字源幾乎原封不動地撐著現代的核心畫面：execute 的動作永遠是「跟著某個既定的東西走完」——跟著命令走完是執行，跟著判決走完就是處決。同一個 sequor 也在 sequence（順序）、consequence（後果）裡，都是「一個接一個地跟下去」。
Wiktionary, "execute" (Old French executer, from Latin exsecutus, past participle of exsequor, from ex- + sequor)
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原始詞典資料6 筆記錄
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executeverb/ˈɛksɪˌkjuːt/
- 1
To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime.
- There are certain states where it is lawful to execute prisoners convicted of certain crimes.
- According to international treaties, it is illegal to execute prisoners of war.
- 2
To carry out; to put into effect.
- Your orders have been executed, sir!
- I'll execute your orders as soon as this meeting is adjourned.
- 3
To perform.
- to execute a difficult piece of music brilliantly
- to execute a turn in ballet
- 4
lawTo carry out, to perform an act; to put into effect or cause to become legally binding or valid (as a contract) by so doing.
- to execute a contract
- 5
computingengineeringmathematicsTo start, launch, or run.
- to execute a program
- 6
computingengineeringmathematicsTo run, usually successfully.
- The program executed, but data problems were discovered.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。