executive

B2 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/ UK /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/ See IPA manual

Freq #4253

Meanings

1

noun
A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions.

The company's top executives met to discuss the merger.
2

adj
Relating to managing an organisation, business, or country.

She holds an executive role at a large bank.
3

noun
The branch of government that enforces laws and runs the country day to day.

In many countries, the executive is separate from the courts.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a senior manager in a... administrator

Word family

Forms executives

Derived forms ceodysexecutiveexecutive-produceexecutivelyexecutivenessexecutiveshipflexecutivenon-executivenonexecutive

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executive director
a senior person responsible for managing an organization's operations

Adjective + noun

Etymology

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

*sekʷ- Proto-Indo-European executif Middle French executivus Latin exsequi Latin

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# executive

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv/
**Frequency rank:** 4253

## Meanings
1. A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions.
2. Relating to managing an organisation, business, or country.
3. The branch of government that enforces laws and runs the country day to day.

## Examples
- The company's top executives met to discuss the merger.
- She holds an executive role at a large bank.
- In many countries, the executive is separate from the courts.

## Derived Forms
- ceo
- dysexecutive
- executive-produce
- executively
- executiveness
- executiveship
- flexecutive
- non-executive
- nonexecutive

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *sekʷ-
- Root: executif
- Root: executivus
- Root: exsequi

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

## AI Etymology
Executive comes from Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’. In current use, the main senses are “A senior manager in a company who makes important decisions” and “Relating to managing an organisation, business, or country”.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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