Execution and Running

Execution

Execution noun - The doing of an action.

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Running and execution are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Running" instead a noun "Execution".

Running noun - The act or activity of looking after and making decisions about something.

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Execution and running are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Execution" instead a noun "Running".

Nearby Words: run, runner

good	good execution	good running
better	better execution	better running
complete	complete execution	complete running
proper	proper execution	proper running
Other adjectives: single, actual, entire, successful, bad, unique, random, last, occasional, annual, overall.

Older Than Television: Ambrose Bierce's short story "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) has a man who has been sentenced to death by hanging escaping his execution and running back to his family - only for his neck to break at the very end, revealing that it was in his head all along.

Source: Dying Dream
A Dork Age is a period in a franchise, especially a long-running one, where there was a dramatic change of concept or execution, usually to stay current, and it simply did not work.

Source: Dork Age
She ends up running off with Jerkass Stingray and becoming a wanted criminal while he was spared a de facto execution by becoming a Hunter of His Own Kind.

Source: I Want My Beloved to Be Happy

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Running and Execution. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/execution/running

Execution & Running. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/execution/running>.

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