Results for executive

Definitions of executive:

part of speech: noun

An official, or body, charged with carrying the laws into effect; the administrative branch of a government.

part of speech: noun

The officer, whether king, president, or other chief magistrate, who superintends the execution of the laws: the person or persons who administer the government: executive power or authority in government: in the U. S. the President, the governors of States, the mayors of cities, etc.

part of speech: adjective

Pertaining to the governing body; administrative; active; efficient in carrying out plans.

part of speech: noun

He or those who administer the government; the governing person or body.

part of speech: adjective

Pert. to the governing body.

part of speech: adjective

Having the quality of executing or performing; designed or fitted for execution or carrying into effect; as, executive power or authority, an executive officer: hence, in government, executive is used in distinction from legislative and judicial- the body that deliberates and enacts laws is legislative; the body that judges or applies the laws to particular cases is judicial; the body or person who carries the laws into effect, or superintends the enforcement of them, is executive.

Usage examples for executive:

• This separation of functions was more definite in America than in England because the jealousy existing between colonial legislature and colonial executive tended sharply to separate their powers. "Problems in American Democracy", Thames Ross Williamson

• In other cases, the Executive gives the pardon. "Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson", Thomas Jefferson

• He had not directly answered the Executive who had pointed out that many lives could have been saved if the Nipe had been killed six years ago. "Anything You Can Do ...", Gordon Randall Garrett