EXECUTIVE
\ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtˌɪv], \ɛɡzˈɛkjuːtˌɪv], \ɛ_ɡ_z_ˈɛ_k_j_uː_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of EXECUTIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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someone who manages a government agency or department
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persons who administer the law
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a person responsible for the administration of a business
By Princeton University
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someone who manages a government agency or department
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persons who administer the law
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a person responsible for the administration of a business
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
By Oddity Software
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An impersonal title of the chief magistrate or officer who administers the government, whether king, president, or governor; the governing person or body.
By Noah Webster.
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Pertaining to the governing body; administrative; active; efficient in carrying out plans.
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An official, or body, charged with carrying the laws into effect; the administrative branch of a government.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Having the quality of executing or performing; designed or fitted for execution or carrying into effect; as, executive power or authority, an executive officer: hence, in government, executive is used in distinction from legislative and judicial-the body that deliberates and enacts laws is legislative; the body that judges or applies the laws to particular cases is judicial; the body or person who carries the laws into effect, or superintends the enforcement of them, is executive.
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The officer, whether king, president, or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws: the person or persons who administer the government: executive power or authority in government: in the U. S. the President, the governors of States, the mayors of cities, etc.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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