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# ceo

abbreviation (CEO, CEOs) — noun

«ceo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Chief Executive Officer: the most important manager of a company or organisation, who makes the big decisions and leads the other managers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#m1)

### In the lessons

In money and careers lessons, the CEO is the boss of a business, answering to a board of directors. In news, CEOs of big tech or car companies are often in the headlines. Children sometimes joke «I'm the CEO of snacks» meaning in charge of something.

### Examples

- The CEO announced a new phone. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x1)
- My mum is the CEO of a small charity. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x2)
- The CEO reports to the board of directors. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x3)
- She started the company and became its CEO. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x4)
- The CEO visited the factory workers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x5)
- He joked he was CEO of the family's TV remote. (informal) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/#x6)

### Note

An abbreviation, written in capitals: CEO, plural CEOs; said letter by letter «see-ee-oh». The input is lower case only because of the word list. Use «a CEO» (because it starts with a consonant sound «see»). Similar titles: managing director (UK), president.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «ceo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/ceo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«ceo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/ceo.html) on Mova free.