executive
Part of speech: adj
noun
Morphological type: simple
Topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
Etymology: From Middle French executif, from Latin executivus, from Latin exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’.
Inflected forms:
form: more executive
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most executive
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: exe.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: exec.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: execu.
pos: adj
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: executives
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: exe.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: exec.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
form: execu.
pos: noun
tags: alternative
abbreviation
Senses:
gloss: Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
pos: adj
gloss: Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.
pos: adj
examples: executive act
an executive officer
executive government
When vacancies happen in the Representation from any State, the Executive Authority thereof shall issue Writs of Election to fill such Vacancies.
At the earliest practicable date military administration will cease, and will be replaced by civil administration in the form of Crown Colony Government. There will, therefore, be in the first instance, in each of the new Colonies, a Governor and an Executive Council, composed of the principal officials, with a Legislative Council consisting of a certain number of official members to whom a nominated unofficial element will be added.
[...] to make provision for municipal borrowing powers and to enable a Municipal Council to bind itself and a future Council in the exercise of its legislative and executive authority to secure loans or investments for the municipality; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
gloss: Exclusive.
pos: adj
examples: She works in an office with an executive bathroom.
gloss: A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
pos: noun
examples: Such, Mr. Cleveland, is the real character of the government, of which you are the nominal head. Such are, and have been, its lawmakers. Such are, and have been, its judges. Such have been its executives. Such is its present executive. Have you anything to say for any of them?
But as we approach the question of presidential power, we half overcome mental hazards by recognizing them. The opinions of judges, no less than executives and publicists, often suffer the infirmity of confusing the issue of a power's validity with the cause it is invoked to promote, of confounding the permanent executive office with its temporary occupant.
In May, Sam Altman, the chief executive of OpenAI, acknowledged that A.I. companies would use up all viable data on the internet. […] Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, had invested in A.I. for years — but suddenly found himself behind when OpenAI released ChatGPT in 2022. He immediately pushed to match and exceed ChatGPT, calling executives and engineers at all hours of the night to push them to develop a rival chatbot, said three current and former employees, who were not authorized to discuss confidential conversations.
gloss: The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
pos: noun
examples: The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies.
gloss: A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
pos: noun
examples: 1973, ACM Special Interest Group in Operating Systems, Fourth Symposium on Operating System Principles
The second phase of the executive development proceeded through two steps as stated in Section 2. First, a failsoft executive was developed providing automatic failure detection and recovery […]
Derived words: account executive
chief executive
chief executive officer
CEO
compact executive car
corporate executive
dysexecutive
executive agreement
executive ball clicker
executive box
executive branch
executive class
executive committee
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executive control
executive decision
executive director
executive ego function
executive fallout
executive flu
executive function
executively
executive mansion
executiveness
executive officer
executive order
executive privilege
executive-produce
executive produce
executive producer
executiveship
executive summary
executive toy
flexecutive
non-executive
nonexecutive
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