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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
executive
ex·ecu·tive [executive executives] noun, adjective BrE [ɪɡˈzekjətɪv] NAmE [ɪɡˈzekjətɪv]
noun
1. countable a person who has an important job as a manager of a company or an organization
•advertising/business/sales, etc. executives
•a chief/senior/top executive in a computer firm
2. countable + singular or plural verb a group of people who run a company or an organization
•The union's executive has/have yet to reach a decision.
3. the executivesingular + singular or plural verb the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect
compare ↑judiciary, ↑legislature
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin executivus, from exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
Thesaurus:
executive noun C
•He's a senior executive in a computer firm.
businessman • • businesswoman • • business person • • entrepreneur • • industrialist •
a local/leading executive/businessman, etc./entrepreneur/industrialist
a business/media/property executive/entrepreneur
an ambitious executive/businessman, etc./entrepreneur
Example Bank:
•Conservatives are by tradition believers in a strong executive.
•One TV network executive has already called for more deregulation.
•Parliament's ability to control the executive
•She is a member of the party's national executive.
•The contract gives a female executive maternity leave rights.
•a top executive in a large corporation
•contracts to prevent the loss of key executives
•oil company executives
•one of the most successful TV executives around
•the council's executive member for education
•He's a senior executive in a computer firm.
•She was on the executive of the Women's Social and Political Union.
•Some members of the executive board are thought to be against the merger.
•The union's executive has yet to make a decision.
•There are still too few women in top executive positions.
•They offer English courses to business executives.
•the executive board/committee
adjective only before noun
1. connected with managing a business or an organization, and with making plans and decisions
• She has an executive position in a finance company.
•executive decisions/duties/jobs/positions
•the executive dining room
2. having the power to put important laws and decisions into effect
•executive authority
•an executive board/body/committee/officer
• Executive power is held by the president.
3. expensive; for the use of sb who is considered important
•an executive car/home
•an executive suite (= in a hotel)
•an executive lounge (= at an airport)
Word Origin:
late Middle English: from medieval Latin executivus, from exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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