Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English homepage

executive

1 noun
     
Related topics: Occupations, Government, Organizations
ex‧ec‧u‧tive1 S3 W2 [countable]
1BO a manager in an organization or company who helps make important decisions:
a marketing executive
senior/top executive
top executives on high salaries
➔ Chief Executive
2

the executive

PG the part of a government that makes sure decisions and laws work well ➔ judiciary, legislature
3PGSSO British English a group of people who are in charge of an organization and make the rules:
the union's executive
Definition from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Advanced Learner's Dictionary.

Dictionary pictures of the day
Do you know what each of these is called?
What is the word for picture 1? What is the word for picture 2? What is the word for picture 3? What is the word for picture 4?
Click on any of the pictures above to find out what it is called.

Explore our topic dictionary

Browse the dictionary