Definitions for exécutive
ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪvexéc·u·tive

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.8 / 4 votes

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"

GCIDERate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. executivenoun

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

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.

3. executiveadjective

   Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.

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.

5. Etymology: From executif.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Executiveadjective

   Etymology: from execute.

   1. Having the quality of executing or performing.

   They are the nimblest, agil, strongest instruments, fittest to be executive of the commands of the souls. Matthew Hale.

   2. Active; not deliberative; not legislative; having the power to put in act the laws.

   The Roman emperors were possessed of the whole legislative as well as executive power. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 51.

   Hobbes confounds the executive with the legislative power, though all well instituted states have ever placed them in different hands. Jonathan Swift.

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1. executive

   An executive is a person or group of individuals at the highest level of management within an organization, company, or business who have the authority to make large scale decisions, set strategic directions, establish policies, and manage overall operations. Their role also requires them to represent the entity to shareholders, government entities, and the general public. Examples include CEO, general manager, president or director.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

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

3. Etymology: [Cf.F. excutif.]

The Roycroft DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. executive

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

Editors ContributionRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

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  

2. ---

   executiveverb

   An exodus exorcism from the community executive committee of universal time that is active tending to the nature. 1.) having the power to put plans, actions, or laws into effect. A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business organization. 2.) the person or branch of a government responsible for putting policies or laws into effect.

   Jehovah is the Executive of the decalogue which is the divine power of the Law.

   Etymology: Knowledgeable power

   
   

   Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on February 4, 2025  

Matched Categories

1. • Administration
   • Administrator

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

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

2. Written Corpus Frequency

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

3. Nouns Frequency

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

Usage in printed sourcesFrom: 

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How to pronounce exécutive?

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 exécutive in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of exécutive in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of exécutive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of exécutive in a Sentence

1. Dan Alonso:

   With a big-time executive, when they do these multiple or hundreds of millions of dollar transactions, they're always advised by lawyers and accountants, there are a lot of layers between messing up the tax treatment and criminal liability on the part of the President, that's a big leap.

2. Financial Advisory Authority on Sunday:

   The oversight board, creditors and other interested parties are well aware that without participation of the Government of Puerto Rico through legislative, executive and administrative action, no plan is feasible, no agreement can be executed, and no security will be marketable.

3. Victor Shih:

   I thought this was kind of an odd episode, whether that was a warning of sorts to the technology sector as a whole, or perhaps Jack Ma personally. Who knows ? But it's certainly demonstrated the government does not even have to arrest a senior technology executive to erase tens of billions of dollars from a company's market valuation. It just needs to release some kind of information.

4. Mark Levin:

   She’s the spokesperson for the President of the United States, her words represent that of the administration, the executive branch of the federal government … She's sending a message out there to the rest of Silicon Valley and the rest of the social platform oligopoly and billionaires to do the same thing as Facebook.

5. Donald Trump:

   I don't think he even tries anymore, i think he just signs executive actions.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=exécutive
2. ^ GCIDE
   https://gcide.gnu.org.ua/?q=exécutive
3. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Executive
4. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=exécutive
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exécutive
7. ^ The Roycroft Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/36566/36566-h/36566-h.htm#:~:text=exécutive
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=exécutive