Meaning

4 senses
  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. 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.

  4. A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.

Examples

84 sentences
  1. Tom Jackson is the executive director.

    Том Джексон — виконавчий директор. — deniko

    ruТом Джексон - исполнительный директор. — marafon

  2. He is an executive in an insurance company.

    deEr ist eine Führungskraft bei einem Versicherungsunternehmen. — wolfgangth

  3. Tom is an executive in an insurance company.

    ruТом — руководящий работник в одной страховой компании. — megaton

    deTom ist eine Führungskraft bei einem Versicherungsunternehmen. — dasbeispielholz

  4. Tom is too soft to be a good executive.

    ruУ Тома слишком мягкий характер, чтобы быть хорошим руководителем. — sharptoothed

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  5. I trust his executive ability.

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
title of a chief officer or administrator:
branch of government responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions:
Русский
By meaning 2
title of a chief officer or administrator:
branch of government responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
title of a chief officer or administrator:
branch of government responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions:

Origin

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + s

From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.

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