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# executive

noun (an executive, executives); adjective (executive)

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

## Everyday

1. An executive is a person with an important job in a company, who makes decisions and manages others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#m1)
2. (adjective) Executive describes things for important managers, often expensive: «executive class». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#m2)
3. The executive is the part of a government that runs the country and carries out laws. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life and news it names business leaders. In citizenship lessons the executive is one branch of government (with the law-makers and the courts). Phrases: «chief executive», «executive decision», «executive branch».

### Examples

- Her mum is an executive at a bank. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x1)
- The chief executive spoke at the meeting. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x2)
- I made an executive decision: pizza for tea. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x3)
- The executive branch includes the president or prime minister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x4)
- The hotel has executive rooms. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x5)
- Each executive manages 8 workers; how many workers for 5 executives? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/E/executive/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Pronounced ig-ZEK-yoo-tiv. «Chief executive» = the top boss. «Executive decision» (informal) means deciding yourself without asking others.

## On Mova

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