executive

exécutif

Qui concerne la direction d’une organisation ou la gestion d’un pays et l’application de ses lois.

En anglais simple : Connected with managing an organization or running a country and putting its laws into practice.

• She became the executive director.
• The president holds executive power.
• His new role includes several executive responsibilities.

Synonymes : managerial, administrative

Expressions courantes : executive director, executive power, executive branch, executive responsibilities

de luxe, haut de gamme

Qui offre un confort ou des services particuliers à un groupe limité, généralement à ceux qui paient davantage.

En anglais simple : Offering special comfort or facilities for a limited group of people, usually those paying more.

• We booked an executive suite.
• Only selected guests can use the executive lounge.
• The executive bathroom requires a special key.

Synonymes : exclusive, premium, luxury

Expressions courantes : executive suite, executive lounge, executive bathroom, executive floor

exécutif

Destiné ou apte à appliquer des plans, des décisions ou des instructions.

En anglais simple : Intended or able to put plans, decisions, or instructions into action.

• The plan requires executive action.
• She has the executive ability to turn ideas into results.
• This body has an executive function: it puts agreed decisions into practice.

Expressions courantes : executive ability, executive function, executive action

dirigeant, cadre supérieur

Personne occupant un poste élevé et prenant des décisions importantes pour une entreprise ou une organisation.

En anglais simple : A person with a senior job who makes important decisions for a business or organization.

• She is a company executive.
• The executives approved the new budget.
• They appointed him chief executive last month.

Synonymes : senior manager, administrator

Expressions courantes : chief executive, senior executive, company executive, business executive

exécutif, pouvoir exécutif

La partie du gouvernement qui dirige le pays et applique les lois.

En anglais simple : The part of a government that runs the country and puts laws into practice.

• The executive must enforce the law.
• Parliament can question members of the executive.
• The constitution limits the power of the executive.

Synonymes : executive branch

Expressions courantes : the executive, powerful executive, control the executive

comité exécutif, bureau

Petit groupe chargé de gérer les activités quotidiennes d’une organisation.

En anglais simple : A small group responsible for managing the daily work of an organization.

• The executive meets every Monday.
• Members elected a new executive.
• He resigned from the union's executive after the vote.

Comment l'utiliser : be on the executive (She is on the executive of the teachers' union.)

Synonymes : executive committee, management committee

Expressions courantes : union executive, national executive, elect an executive, on the executive