Definition of executive
1a : of or relating to the execution of the laws and the conduct of public and national affairsb : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as diplomatic representation, superintendence of the execution of the laws, and appointment of officials and that usually has some power over legislation (as through veto) — compare judicial, legislative
2a : designed for or relating to execution or carrying into effect executive boardb : having administrative or managerial responsibility executive director
3 : of or relating to an executive the executive offices
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Examples of executive in a Sentence
She has good executive skills.
He has an executive position in the company.
In the U.S., the President is the head of the executive branch of government.
Recent Examples of executive from the Web
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Operations could resume in a week or two, said Tim Sullivan, the PUC’s executive director.
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In an email, Jim Minnery, the executive director of Alaska Family Action, said a group of women turned in more than 8,500 signatures Thursday morning, several thousand more than required to qualify for the ballot.
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Here’s a look at the past decisions on the executive order.
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Tony Hannigan, the executive director of the Center for Urban Community Services, said the contract required the consortium to broaden its scope and its definition of homelessness.
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Julianne Donnelly Tzul, Boise’s executive director of the International Rescue Committee, wrote in an email.
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Trump’s executive order was quickly blocked by a U.S. district court a week after it was signed.
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One confused resident called up the executive director of the Menomonee Club to ask if that meant people would be building bombs in the basement.
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Nicole Safar, executive director of Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin, Planned Parenthood’s lobbying arm, said Planned Parenthood’s Madison clinic would continue to offer abortions using other physicians if the bill passed.
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First Known Use of executive
1649
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Definition of executive
1 : the executive branch of a government; also : the person or persons who constitute the executive magistracy of a state
2 : a directing or controlling office of an organization
3 : one that exercises administrative or managerial control
Examples of executive in a Sentence
The television network's executives decided not to air the controversial show.
The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
matters of policy controlled by the executive
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His early career was marked by the sort of gasconade many fans of the NFL had come to adore and many MLB executives and players had come to loathe.
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In Amazon’s irresistible new series The Last Tycoon, Monroe Stahr is a young executive at a major 1930s Hollywood studio who has an unerring feel for what makes movies work and what audiences want from them.
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But most of the other machinery of moviemaking—development executives, marketing teams, television networks, and (maybe most of all) popular intellectual property—is in-house.
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Over the past few months numerous allegations have been leveled at Uber, forcing at least one executive to resign.
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Lewis, nee Hurwitz, had been married briefly in her late teens, to advertising executive Stan Lewis, a union that had ended badly.
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But according to Oliver Goldstick, a PLL executive producer and writer, the show has tried to tone down the characters' wealth.
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First Known Use of executive
1774
Other Business Terms
EXECUTIVE Defined for Kids
Definition of executive for Students
1 : fitted for or relating to the managing or directing of things Claudia showed the executive ability of a corporation president. — E. L. Konigsburg, Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
2 : relating to the carrying out of the law and the conduct of public affairs the executive branch of government
Definition of executive for Students
1 : a person who manages or directs a sales executive
2 : the executive branch of a government
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executive
Legal Definition of executive
1 : of or relating to the execution or carrying out of laws serving a warrant is an executive function; especially : belonging to the branch of government that is charged with such powers as diplomatic representation, overseeing the execution of laws, and appointment of officials — compare judicial, legislative
2a : of or relating to execution b : having administrative or managerial responsibility an executive director
3 : of, relating to, or issued by an executive an executive pardon
executive
Legal Definition of executive
1a : the executive branch of a government — compare judiciary, legislature b : the person or persons making up that branch — see also governor, mayor, president
2 : a person who exercises administrative or managerial control
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