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{
"term": "executive",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "a person who has an important job as a manager of a company or an organization",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "company/corporate/business/industry executives"
},
{
"text": "marketing/advertising executives"
},
{
"text": "a **senior/top executive** in a computer firm"
},
{
"text": "a junior executive at an ad agency"
},
{
"text": "One TV network executive has already called for more deregulation."
},
{
"text": "contracts to prevent the loss of key executives"
},
{
"text": "oil company executives"
},
{
"text": "one of the most successful TV executives around"
},
{
"text": "He's a senior executive in a computer firm."
},
{
"text": "They offer English courses to business executives."
}
],
"topics": ["Jobs", "Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["chief", "senior", "high-flying"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "a group of people who run a company or an organization",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The union’s executive has/have yet to reach a decision."
},
{
"text": "She is a member of the party's national executive."
},
{
"text": "She was on the executive of the Women's Social and Political Union."
}
],
"topics": ["Business"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["central", "national", "political"],
"verb + executive": ["control"],
"executive + verb": ["decide something"],
"executive + noun": ["member", "meeting", "board"],
"phrases": ["a member of an executive"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the part of a government responsible for putting laws into effect",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Conservatives are by tradition believers in a strong executive."
},
{
"text": "Parliament's ability to control the executive"
},
{
"text": "The Executive is/are set to meet again on 22 December."
}
],
"topics": ["Politics"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["central", "national", "political"],
"verb + executive": ["control"],
"executive + verb": ["decide something"],
"executive + noun": ["member", "meeting", "board"],
"phrases": ["a member of an executive"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/",
"audio": "ex/executive/executive__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ɪɡˈzekjətɪv/",
"audio": "ex/executive/executive__us_2.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from medieval Latin executivus, from exsequi, from ex- ‘out’ + sequi ‘follow’."
}