- executive
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun1 person with an important job in businessADJECTIVE▪ chief, senior▪ high-flying (esp. BrE), high-level (esp. AmE), high-powered, high-ranking (esp. AmE), top, top-level (AmE)▪
a top executive in a large corporation
▪ junior▪ key▪contracts to prevent the loss of key executives
▪ busy▪ successful▪one of the most successful TV executives around
▪ former, retired▪ female, woman▪The contract gives a female executive maternity leave rights.
▪ business, company, corporate, industry▪oil company executives
▪ account, advertising, finance, legal (BrE), marketing, public relations (abbreviated to PR), sales▪ media, network (esp. AmE), news (AmE), record (AmE), studio, television, TV▪One TV network executive has already called for more deregulation.
▪ airline, auto (AmE), oil (esp. AmE), technology (AmE)2 part of a government/organizationADJECTIVE▪ central, national▪She is a member of the party's national executive.
▪ political▪ government, party, union (esp. BrE)▪ strong▪Conservatives are believers in a strong executive.
▪ elected▪ ruling (BrE)VERB + EXECUTIVE▪ control (esp. BrE)▪Parliament's ability to control the executive
EXECUTIVE + VERB▪ decide sthEXECUTIVE + NOUN▪ member (esp. BrE)▪the council's executive member for education (BrE)
▪ meeting (esp. BrE)▪ board, committeePHRASES▪ a member of an executive{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}adj.Executive is used with these nouns: ↑appointment, ↑architect, ↑assistant, ↑board, ↑boardroom, ↑body, ↑box, ↑branch, ↑chairman, ↑chef, ↑committee, ↑compensation, ↑council, ↑desk, ↑dining room, ↑director, ↑discretion, ↑editor, ↑jet, ↑leadership, ↑lounge, ↑mansion, ↑meeting, ↑office, ↑order, ↑paper, ↑power, ↑presidency, ↑producer, ↑recruitment, ↑retreat, ↑secretary, ↑session, ↑suite, ↑summary, ↑toy
Collocations dictionary. 2013.