executive director
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- noun
- /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv dɪˈrɛktər/
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director ejecutivo
- As the executive director of the local charity, she oversees all the organization's daily operations.
- board and executive director
- serve as executive director
- assistant executive director
You are the new executive director of the Free State Project.
- You are the new executive director of the Free State Project.
- Partners like Violet Sayena, founder and executive director of CRC, have led the way.
- Steve Egglash, who is the executive director for Stanford Data Sciences Initiative.
- It's from Bob Reel, executive director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association.
- I am speaking with the guy I'm talking about, Donald Whitehead, executive director, National Coalition for the Homeless.
- The eight people, two women, six men and he appointed me as acting executive director of the research institution for a year.
- So then he comes back from Riyadh, they make him the executive director of the CIA, the third ranking officer in the entire CIA.
Examples
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Mary Anne Hahn is the founder and executive director of the International Association of Professional Ghost Writers.
Academic text (2011) -
Eric, as to probably now, is Executive Director of the Free State Project.
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You are the new executive director of the Free State Project.
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This is the executive director of our organization.
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To make ends meet, she works as the Executive Director of Family Service Association & Home Again Project.
Fiction book (1996) -
Now, your best bet's gonna be the executive director and the chief of medicine.
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And so I'm curious from your perspective as executive director, Human Rights Watch, what does this election mean for human rights?
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She's the executive director of the Hometown Pride Social Services.
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What would B. Jason Millerton, the executive director of the Washington Public Library System, think?
Fiction book (1997) -
Marcus Murray, an "equalizer for social justice," now serves as executive director of Project Brotherhood.
Academic text (2011)
Synonyms
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2.2
A person who is in charge of a group or organization
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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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3.7
A person who manages and runs an organization like a business or government agency
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6.0
A person who manages an organization or its department, often in police and schools
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3.0
A person who is in charge of all parts of a business or department
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A person who leads a company and makes its main decisions
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The person who runs a company and makes its most important decisions
How Senior
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3.0
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'executive' (a high-level managerial person) with 'director' (a manager), so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a senior manager responsible for day-to-day management. This compositional pattern is common and has direct equivalents in many languages (e.g., Spanish 'director ejecutivo'), making it immediately comprehensible to B1 learners.
Etymology
The job title executive director combines executive (one who makes things happen) and director (one who gives direction). Imagine a person who both tells others what to do and makes sure the work gets done every day; that's why it means 'the person in charge of daily management'.