Executive ɪɡˈzekjətɪv Computer Company Noun Company/Corporate/Business/Industry Marketing/Advertising Senior/Top

• company/corporate/business/industry executives
• marketing/advertising executives
• a senior/top executive in a computer firm
• a junior executive at an ad agency

executive

1. a person who has an important job as a manager of a company or an organization
• SEE ALSO account executive
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/account-executive
• company/corporate/business/industry executives
• marketing/advertising executives
• a senior/top executive in a computer firm
• a junior executive at an ad agency

Extra Examples

• One TV network executive has already called for more deregulation.
• contracts to prevent the loss of key executives
• oil company executives
• one of the most successful TV executives around
• He's a senior executive in a computer firm.
• They offer English courses to business executives.
2. a group of people who run a company or an organization
• The union’s executive has/have yet to reach a decision.

Extra Examples

• She is a member of the party's national executive.
• She was on the executive of the Women's Social and Political Union.
3. the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect
• COMPARE judiciary
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/judiciary
• Conservatives are by tradition believers in a strong executive.
• Parliament's ability to control the executive

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from medieval Latin executivus, from exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.