executive
A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on…A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
» Tom Jackson is the executive director.
Том Джексон - исполнительный директор.
Том Джексон — виконавчий директор.
Meaning
4 sensesA chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
Führungskraft, leitender Angestellter
исполни́тельный дире́кторispolnítelʹnyj diréktor, администра́торadministrátor
викона́вчий дире́кторvykonávčyj dyréktor, адміністра́торadministrátor
The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
Exekutive
исполни́тельная властьispolnítelʹnaja vlastʹ
викона́вча вла́даvykonávča vláda
a person responsible for the administration of a business
A committee that manages the day-to-day running of an organisation. An executive committee.
She was on the executive of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
Examples
84 sentencesTom Jackson is the executive director.
Том Джексон — виконавчий директор.
ruТом Джексон - исполнительный директор.
He is an executive in an insurance company.
deEr ist eine Führungskraft bei einem Versicherungsunternehmen.
Tom is an executive in an insurance company.
ruТом — руководящий работник в одной страховой компании.
deTom ist eine Führungskraft bei einem Versicherungsunternehmen.
Tom is too soft to be a good executive.
ruУ Тома слишком мягкий характер, чтобы быть хорошим руководителем.
I trust his executive ability.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sFrom Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
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Forms
plural: executivesSynonyms
3 synonyms- a person responsible for the administration of a business:executive director
- someone who manages a government agency or department:administrator