Executive

  • 11executive — [eg zek′yo͞o tiv, igzek′yə′tiv; eg zek′yətiv, ig zek′yətiv] adj. [ME < ML executivus < L executus: see EXECUTOR] 1. of, capable of, or concerned with, carrying out duties, functions, etc. or managing affairs, as in a business organization 2 …

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  • 12executive — ▪ I. executive ex‧ec‧u‧tive 1 [ɪgˈzekjtɪv] noun [countable] 1. JOBS someone who has an important job as a manager in a company or business: • She is Scottish Power s most senior woman executive. • a senior executive with a major pharmaceuticals… …

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  • 13executive — [[t]ɪgze̱kjʊtɪv[/t]] ♦♦ executives 1) N COUNT An executive is someone who is employed by a business at a senior level. Executives decide what the business should do, and ensure that it is done. ...an advertising executive. ...Her husband is a… …

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  • 14executive — 01. She works as a senior [executive] in a large telecommunications firm. 02. Her husband is a senior bank [executive] with the Bank of Hong Kong. 03. They gave him an expensive [executive] briefcase as a gift on his fifth anniversary with the… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 15executive — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 person with an important job in business ADJECTIVE ▪ chief, senior ▪ high flying (esp. BrE), high level (esp. AmE), high powered, high ranking (esp. AmE), top …

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  • 16executive — ex|ec|u|tive1 W2S3 [ıgˈzekjutıv] n 1.) a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions ▪ a marketing executive senior/top executive ▪ top executives on high salaries →↑Chief Executive 2.) the executive the part of a… …

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  • 17executive */*/ — I UK [ɪɡˈzekjʊtɪv] / US [ɪɡˈzekjətɪv] noun Word forms executive : singular executive plural executives 1) [countable] a senior manager in a business or other organization a meeting with some of the company s top executives 2) [countable, usually… …

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  • 18executive — Synonyms and related words: administrating, administration, administrative, administrator, archon, big cheese, board, board of directors, board of regents, board of trustees, boss, bureaucratic, businessman, businesswoman, cabinet, cadre, captain …

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  • 19executive — ex|ec|u|tive1 [ ıg zekjətıv ] noun ** 1. ) count a senior manager in a business or other organization: a meeting with some of the company s top executives 2. ) count usually singular a group of people who are responsible for making important… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 20executive — 1. adjective /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv,ɛɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/ a) Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect. b) Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day to day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.; as, an executive act, an… …

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