chief executive

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chief executive¹

noun chief executives

  1. POTUS, the president of the United States.
  2. Hong Kong, capitalized, as office holder The head of government of Hong Kong After consultation with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive in Council may, on being satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, give the Board such written directions as he thinks fit with respect to the performance of any of the Board’s functions under this Ordinance.
  3. Macau The head of government of Macau
  4. The governor of a U.S. state.
  5. abbreviation, ellipsis Ellipsis of chief executive officer "This shocking report proves once again that we urgently need a radical shake-up of hospital care," said Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer's Society. "Given that people with dementia occupy a quarter of hospital beds and that many leave in worse health than when they were admitted, it

Chief Executive²

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Alternative letter-case form of chief executive.

noun Chief Executives

  1. The title of a chief executive, an honorific form of address.

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noun the head of government or head of state

中文行政長官 /行政长官 xíngzhèng zhǎngguān
हिन्दीचीफ एक्जिक्यूटिव अफसर cīph ekjikyūṭiv aphsar
Portuguêschefe do executivo

noun chief executive officer

中文行政總裁 /行政总裁 xíngzhèng zǒngcái, 首席執行官 /首席执行官 shǒuxí zhíxíngguān, 最高執行官 /最高执行官 zuìgāo zhíxíngguān, 執行總裁 /执行总裁 zhíxíng zǒngcái
हिन्दीचीफ एक्जिक्यूटिव अफसर cīph ekjikyūṭiv aphsar

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@misc{chief_executive_2026,
  title = {chief executive},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/chief%20executive},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}