A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.

Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect. / Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc. / Exclusive.

The act, manner or style of executing (actions, maneuvers, performances). / The state of being accomplished. / The act of putting to death or being put to death as a penalty, or actions so associated.

(transitive) To kill, especially as punishment for a capital crime. / (transitive) To carry out; to put into effect. / (transitive) To perform.

present participle of execute

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute

plural of executive

plural of executant

The quality of being executive.

(dialectal) capital punishment