executive

Meanings

Adjective

  • Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
  • Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
  • Exclusive.

Noun

  • A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
  • The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
  • A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.

Origin

  • From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus.

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