🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

執行者

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Shikkōsha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Executive/ɪɡˈzɛk.jə.tɪv/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"執行者は重要な決定を下した。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person with senior managerial responsibility in a business or organization.

    "The executive made a crucial decision that affected the company's future."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to the branch of government responsible for implementing laws and policies.

    "The executive branch of the government is responsible for enforcing laws."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin executivus, meaning 'effective' or 'pertaining to execution', stemming from the verb exsequi (to follow out, accomplish). It entered the English language in the late 16th century, initially referring to the branch of government empowered to put laws into effect, before expanding in the 20th century to denote high-ranking corporate managers.

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