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executive is a word related to business.
It can be a person in a very high up position in a company who has the power to make important decisions.
Diego has been promoted to senior executive so he has much more responsibility now.
Executive is frequently used with adjectives relating to a persons job like sales or chief.
Im meeting the sales executive at two hes showing us the new computers.
As an adjective, executive relates to having the power to make decisions.
It can also mean something is suitable for a person that is an executive.
Lena took an executive decision and increased the budget.
This is the executive suite, the best in the hotel.