Meaning of Executive | Babel Free
ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪvDefinitions
- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- That executes or makes something.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- That it does not give wait neither allows that it differ to another time the execution.
- A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
- Senior official or administrator, especially one who can make important decisions on their own.
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
icra
Български
изпълнителен
Bosanski
администратор
Ελληνικά
εκτελεστικός
Gaeilge
feidhmeannas
Hrvatski
администратор
Қазақша
атқарушы
Kurdî
îcra
Македонски
извршен
Nederlands
uitvoerende macht
Português
executivo
Српски
администратор
Kiswahili
mtendaji
Examples
“Such, Mr. Cleveland, is the real character of the government, of which you are the nominal head. Such are, and have been, its lawmakers. Such are, and have been, its judges. Such have been its executives. Such is its present executive. Have you anything to say for any of them?”
“But as we approach the question of presidential power, we half overcome mental hazards by recognizing them. The opinions of judges, no less than executives and publicists, often suffer the infirmity of confusing the issue of a power's validity with the cause it is invoked to promote, of confounding the permanent executive office with its temporary occupant.”
“In May, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, acknowledged that A.I. companies would use up all viable data on the internet. […] Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, had invested in A.I. for years — but suddenly found himself behind when OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022. He immediately pushed to match and exceed ChatGPT, calling executives and engineers at all hours of the night to push them to develop a rival chatbot, said three current and former employees, who were not authorized to discuss confidential conversations.”
“The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.”
“1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
See also
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