I.
noun
1 person with an important job in business
ADJECTIVE
▪ chief , senior
▪ high-flying ( esp. BrE ), high-level ( esp. AmE ), high-powered , high-ranking ( esp. AmE ), top , top-level ( AmE )
▪
a top ~ in a large corporation
▪ junior
▪ key
▪
contracts to prevent the loss of key ~s
▪ busy
▪ successful
▪
one of the most successful TV ~s around
▪ former , retired
▪ female , woman
▪
The contract gives a female ~ maternity leave rights.
▪ business , company , corporate , industry
▪
oil company ~s
▪ 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 ~ has already called for more deregulation.
▪ airline , auto ( AmE ), oil ( esp. AmE ), technology ( AmE )
2 part of a government/organization
ADJECTIVE
▪ central , national
▪
She is a member of the party's national ~.
▪ political
▪ government , party , union ( esp. BrE )
▪ strong
▪
Conservatives are believers in a strong ~.
▪ elected
▪ ruling ( BrE )
VERB + EXECUTIVE
▪ control ( esp. BrE )
▪
Parliament's ability to control the ~
EXECUTIVE + VERB
▪ decide sth
EXECUTIVE + NOUN
▪ member ( esp. BrE )
▪
the council's ~ member for education ( BrE )
▪ meeting ( esp. BrE )
▪ board , committee
PHRASES
▪ a member of an ~
II.
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