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EXECUTIVE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Persons who administer the law
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("executive" is a kind of...):
administration; brass; establishment; governance; governing body; organisation; organization (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "executive"):
Bush administration (the executive under President George W. Bush)
Clinton administration (the executive under President Clinton)
Bush administration (the executive under President George H. W. Bush)
Reagan administration (the executive under President Reagan)
Carter administration (the executive under President Carter)
Holonyms ("executive" is a member of...):
authorities; government; regime (the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who manages a government agency or department
Synonyms:
administrator; executive
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("executive" is a kind of...):
chief; head; top dog (a person who is in charge)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "executive"):
triumvir (one of a group of three sharing public administration or civil authority especially in ancient Rome)
Secretary General (a person who is a chief administrator (as of the United Nations))
prefect (a chief officer or chief magistrate)
DCI; Director of Central Intelligence (the head of the United States Intelligence Community and director of the Central Intelligence Agency)
commissioner (a government administrator)
Instance hyponyms:
Raffles; Sir Thomas Raffles; Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles (British colonial administrator who founded Singapore (1781-1826))
Peter Stuyvesant; Petrus Stuyvesant; Stuyvesant (the last Dutch colonial administrator of New Netherland; in 1664 he was forced to surrender the colony to England (1592-1672))
Sense 3
Meaning:
A person responsible for the administration of a business
Synonyms:
executive; executive director
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("executive" is a kind of...):
administrator; decision maker (someone who administers a business)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "executive"):
business executive; corporate executive (an executive in a business corporation)
government minister; minister (a person appointed to a high office in the government)
rainmaker (executive who is very successful in bringing in business to his company or firm)
Surgeon General (the head of the United States Public Health Service)
V.P.; vice president (an executive officer ranking immediately below a president; may serve in the president's place under certain circumstances)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having the function of carrying out plans or orders etc.
Example:
the executive branch
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
execution (the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order)
Derivation:
execute (put in effect)
execute (carry out a process or program, as on a computer or a machine)
execute (carry out the legalities of)
Context examples:
Performing or possessing executive duties; acting as a supervisor or manager.
(Administration, Management, NCI Thesaurus)
An agency in the executive branch which endeavors to abate and control pollution in the areas of air, water, solid waste, noise, radiation, and toxic substances.
(Environmental Protection Agency, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Claire Johnson, the chief executive of Hydrogen Mobility Australia, an industry association, says the pioneering research could forever change the transport sector.
(Cars Powered by New Fuel Type Tested in Australia, VOA)
“A healthy ocean with abundant wildlife is capable of slowing the rate of climate breakdown substantially,” said Dr Monica Verbeek, the executive director of the group Seas at Risk.
(Oceans running out of oxygen at unprecedented rate, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In AUD, amygdala dysfunction heightens activation of brain stress systems resulting in anxiety and other negative emotions, while disruption of the prefrontal cortex impairs executive control systems involved in the ability to make decisions and regulate one’s actions, emotions, and impulses.
(NIH findings link aldosterone with alcohol use disorder, National Institutes of Health)
That's significant because we know that executive function, things like memory and the ability to plan, are controlled in that area of the brain.
(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In particular, it may help them understand whether managing a child’s weight will make a difference to their executive function.
(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)
International relationships shine too, so you may be working on a project over the phone with an executive based far from you.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
The thinner cortex could be a factor in the decreased executive function earlier studies observed among children with higher BMI.
(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers also found that increased BMI was associated with poorer performance at tests to measure executive function.
(Childhood obesity linked to structural differences in key brain regions, University of Cambridge)
