Meaning & use
business executive
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Meaning
nouncountablebusiness
A senior manager with authority to make important decisions in a company.
Grammar: Countable: a business executive, two business executives. Often shortened to executive in context.
Patterns
- a senior business executive
- a business executive at a company
- meet with business executives
She became a business executive after twenty years in sales.
The conference was attended by business executives from around the world.
He works as a business executive for a large bank.
Word forms
| plural | business executives |
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Common combinations
- senior business executive
- A senior business executive will lead the meeting.
- a business executive at
- He is a business executive at a tech company.
- top business executives
- Top business executives gathered for the summit.
- former business executive
- The former business executive now teaches at a university.
Synonyms and how they differ
- executive
- Executive is the short form and is used when the business context is already clear.
- manager
- Manager can be any level; a business executive is usually more senior and has more power.
- director
- A director is a member of the board; a business executive may or may not be on the board.
Opposites
Word family
Commonly confused: business executive or businessman?
business executive vs businessman
A businessman can be any man in business; a business executive is a senior manager, and the term is used for any gender.
Practice
Which sentence uses business executive correctly?
Choose one answer.
Business executive is a countable noun, so it needs an or an in the singular. Option 1 is missing a, option 2 uses the plural with a, and option 3 wrongly uses than.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “business executive”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.