executive
533
4.5
- noun
- /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/
:
directivo
- There goes the best executive I ever had.
- corporate executives
- chief executive
- managers and executives
That's why an executive would hire a writer.
- That's why an executive would hire a writer.
- Why should the executives of Exxon do social good?
- I've brought in countless executives, producers, agents, managers.
- Like any media executive, he did until he didn't.
- One stunning finding was CEOs, senior executives and business owners.
- I was not well received by the audience, the executives or the talent.
- This is Jay Elmore, and he's the executive chef of EJ's Luncheonette in New York City.
- So you don't just have the problem of the bad executive or bad manager that you didn't fire.
- Did I interview a former founder executive board member of Keurig?
- Bunch of big clients are in executives from Bojangles, the board I'm on.
Examples
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She's a senior executive at Cyrez Corporation.
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Group of two, maybe four, five executives in a room.
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Our account executive in charge--
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My dad was an executive at one of the shipping companies.
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I've been an executive there for 12 years.
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Some of its senior executives were sent to jail for price fixing in the 1950s.
Academic text (2017) -
Dave is in his mid-40s, a senior executive working in a large corporate environment.
Academic text (2015) -
Blackwell was replaced by Robert Mason, a former auto executive and management consultant.
Academic text (2017) -
The crowd is a mixture of corporate executives, Cubans, and cowboy types, some wives.
Fiction book (1995) -
As an executive at a multinational corporation, she oversees several departments.
Synonyms
∞
1.6
A person who controls money and work in a company
678
3.5
A person who leads a company and makes its big decisions
355
3.0
The senior manager of a company who runs its daily business
232
3.7
A person who manages and runs an organization like a business or government agency
232
4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
97
3.0
A person who is in charge of all parts of a business or department
56
6.7
A person with a top job in a company who makes important decisions
34
3.6
A person who leads a company and makes its main decisions
26
3.6
The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions
14
3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
12
4.5
A senior manager who makes important plans and decisions for a company
4
4.2
A person with more power in a company or group
Compounds
232
4.6
A person who runs a company or organization day to day and reports to the board of directors
80
3.9
The part of a government that carries out laws, led by a president or prime minister
- Formal
77
5.5
An official title for the US President as the leader who runs the government
50
4.9
A person who is second in command and runs daily work in a military unit or organization
29
5.3
A senior manager who leads major company divisions and reports to the CEO
14
3.5
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions and leads its work
- Formal
4
7.6
A private meeting of a board or committee to discuss confidential matters
- Formal
1
4.2
A national government department that carries out laws and manages public affairs, like the Department of State
- Formal
1
5.8
A government office that manages certain public services for the country's leader
- Formal
1
7.9
Power that allows a president or governor to change a prison sentence
1
4.4
A group of government offices that help the United States President carry out duties and make policy
How Senior
Surface Forms
Etymology
Executive comes from the Latin parts ex- ('out') and sequi ('to follow'), meaning 'to carry out'. So in business an executive is a senior person who carries out decisions and leads others to make plans happen.