chief executive officer
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3.6
- noun
- /ʧif ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv ˈɔfɪsər/
:
director ejecutivo
- On Tuesday, the board announced that James Rogers will remain as chief executive officer of the company.
- president and chief executive officer
- chairman and chief executive officer
- chief executive officer (CEO)
And the chair, chief executive officer of Texas Instruments was at a banking conference with Citi, the Citi conference.
- And the chair, chief executive officer of Texas Instruments was at a banking conference with Citi, the Citi conference.
Examples
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My father will recover, but I shall be continuing here as Chief Executive Officer.
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The present study focuses on the African American public community college chief executive officer.
Academic text (1997) -
The board could not throw him out of his seat as corporate president and chief executive officer.
Fiction book (2001) -
One aspect of that role is to serve as an extension of the chief executive officer.
Academic text (1991) -
The Chancellor is the chief executive officer of the System; each college is led by a President.
Academic text (1990) -
Robert Lynch, president and chief executive officer of the National Assembly of Local Arts
Academic text (1994) -
The Governor, as chief executive officer of this state, bears ultimate responsibility for ...
Fiction book (1993) -
The "institutional culture" of the college will be heavily influenced by the chief executive officer.
Academic text (1991) -
One of the board members also serves as chairperson and chief executive officer.
Academic text (2001) -
I'm the chairman and chief executive officer of the DuPont Company.
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who leads a company and makes its big decisions
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3.0
The senior manager of a company who runs its daily business
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4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
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3.0
A person who is in charge of all parts of a business or department
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3.6
The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions
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6.3
A person who is in charge of a company or group
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8.4
A person who is the most important leader in a group or organization
Antonyms
How Senior
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is transparently compositional: 'chief' (top leader) + 'executive' (high-level manager) + 'officer' (organizational official) together straightforwardly denote the highest-ranking manager. This head-final nominal compounding is common cross-linguistically (e.g. director ejecutivo, directeur général) and follows regular English patterns, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the overall meaning.
Etymology
Chief executive officer comes from three simple words: chief ('leader'), executive ('someone who carries out plans'), and officer ('a person with official duties'). So the name gives the picture of the 'top leader' who makes and carries out the company's 'big decisions', which is why it means the company's 'highest manager'.