{
    "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’."
}