executive meaning
EN
[ɪɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv] [ɛɡˈzɛkjʊtɪv] 
US WExecutive
- Executive may refer to:
- Executive (government), branch of government that has sole authority and responsibility for the daily administration of the state bureaucracy
- Executive (senior management), senior manager in a corporation
- Chief executive officer (CEO), one of the highest-ranking corporate officers (executives) or administrators
- Executive director, the senior manager of an organization, company, or corporation
- Executive education, term used for programs at graduate-level business schools that aim to give classes for managers or entrepreneurs
FR exécutive 
- NounPLexecutivesSUF-ive
- A title of a chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on her/his own authority.
- That branch of government which is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A title of a chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on her/his own authority.
- AdjectiveCOMmore executiveSUPmost executive
- Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- Of, pertaining to, or having responsibility for the day-to-day running of an organisation, business, country, etc.; as, an executive act, an executive officer, executive government.
- Exclusive.
- an executive bathroom
- Designed or fitted for execution, or carrying into effect.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- They are an excellent group of journalists, and over the last five years the executives manhandling their newspaper have disserved them at every turn.
- When the executive board of Credit Suisse went to dinner at the Savoy in Zurich Wednesday night to celebrate his appointment, Mr. Dougan dined on agnoletti and Diet Coke.
- How did you get around having to write the executive report?
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- The conman managed to impersonate several executives.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of executive in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "executive" is an adjective. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun.