Definitions for executive
ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪvex·ec·u·tive

Princeton's WordNet(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. executive, executive directornoun

   a person responsible for the administration of a business

2. executivenoun

   persons who administer the law

3. administrator, executiveadjective

   someone who manages a government agency or department

4. executiveadjective

   having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.

   "the executive branch"

GCIDE(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Executiveadjective

   of or pertaining to an executive or to the group of executives within an organization; as, executive compensation increased more rapidly than wages in the 1980's; the executive suite.

   Etymology: [Cf.F. excutif.]

2. Executivenoun

   a person who has administrative authority over an organization or division of an organization; a manager, supervisor or administrator at a high level within an organization; as, all executives of the company were given stock options

Wiktionary(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. executivenoun

   A title of a chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on her/his own authority.

   Etymology: From executif.

2. executivenoun

   That branch of government which is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.

   Etymology: From executif.

3. executiveadjective

   Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.

   Etymology: From executif.

4. executiveadjective

   Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.; as, an executive act, an executive officer, executive government.

   Etymology: From executif.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Executiveadjective

   designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect; as, executive talent; qualifying for, concerned with, or pertaining to, the execution of the laws or the conduct of affairs; as, executive power or authority; executive duties, officer, department, etc

   Etymology: [Cf.F. excutif.]

2. Executivenoun

   an impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body

   Etymology: [Cf.F. excutif.]

The Roycroft Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. executive

   A man who can make quick decisions and is sometimes right.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. executive

   A person or group of people with the official authority and power to govern or manage a form of unity assembly, unity council, unity legislature, unity senate, house of representatives, unity government, local unity government, regional unity government, national unity government, european unity government and international unity government., business, company, enterprise or organization.

   The executive body are efficient in how they manage their workload.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 11, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Administration
   • Administrator

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'executive' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1319

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'executive' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2033

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'executive' in Nouns Frequency: #507

How to pronounce executive?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say executive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of executive in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of executive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of executive in a Sentence

1. Alan Gottlieb:

   This is an abuse of power by the Massachusetts attorney general, it is no different than President Obama’s illegal anti-gun executive orders. If these firearms were legal yesterday, they are legal today, Alan Gottlieb said in an email to FoxNews.com. This ban on semi-auto firearms must be stopped before gun prohibitionists in other states try to enact similar bans by fiat, Alan Gottlieb said. The debate is the latest example of the long-running argument between Second Amendment purists and gun control advocates about whether new firearms laws make people safer. Indeed, the fact that Massachusetts has so few murders committed using assault weapons could be seen as evidence that the original ban was successful. The enforcement notice from the attorney general says a weapon is considered a copy or duplicate if its internal operating system is the same as those of a specifically-banned weapon or if the gun has key functional components that are interchangeable with those of a banned weapon. Such weapons would include copies of the Colt AR-15 and the Kalishnikov AK-47, which are both prohibited by the state's assault weapons ban. Healey's office claims gun makers produce and sell what they call.

2. Fred Allen:

   A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.

3. House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi:

   The Department of Justice, legal and immigration experts, and history support the President's executive actions -- and the U.S. District Court decision erroneously blocks the President from taking steps to fix our broken immigration system in a manner that is consistent with previous presidents, strengthens our economy, keeps communities safe, and honors our values, how sad for our impacted DREAMers and their families, how necessary it is for an immediate appeal of this ruling.

4. Yegor Sobolev:

   Groysman is very dependent on Poroshenko, any large-scale reforms will be out of the question. They will try and preserve the status quo for Poroshenko's clan and the arrival of Groysman will mean a significant broadening of the influence of the Poroshenko clan on executive power.

5. Chuck Grassley:

   The FBI does not make a credibility assessment of any information it receives with respect to a nominee. Nor is it tasked with investigating a matter simply because the Committee deems it important. The Constitution assigns the Senate, and only the Senate, with the task of advising the President on his nominee and consenting to the nomination if the circumstances merit. We have no power to commandeer an Executive Branch agency into conducting our due diligence. The job of assessing and investigating a nominee’s qualifications in order to decide whether to consent to the nomination is ours, and ours alone.

Popularity rank by frequency of use