executive suite

Meanings

1. 1nouncountable

   A set of expensive, high-quality rooms in a hotel, usually with a sitting area, kept for important or wealthy guests.

   Grammar: Countable: book an executive suite, or several executive suites.

   Patterns

   • book an executive suite
   • stay in an executive suite
   • an executive suite with a view

   The manager moved us to an executive suite on the top floor after the mix-up with our booking.

   Guests in an executive suite get free breakfast and use of the private lounge.

   They spent their anniversary in an executive suite overlooking the harbor.

2. 2nounsingularbusiness

   The group of the most senior managers in a company, considered together as a decision-making body.

   Grammar: Usually singular and used with 'the': the executive suite approved the plan.

   Patterns

   • the executive suite backs something
   • join the executive suite
   • a member of the executive suite

   The executive suite backed the merger even though middle managers had doubts.

   She worked her way up from reception and eventually joined the executive suite.

   Critics say the executive suite has lost touch with ordinary staff.

3. 3nouncountablebusiness

   The offices or floor where a company's top managers work.

   Grammar: Countable when it means a physical place: the executive suite is on the tenth floor.

   Patterns

   • on the executive suite
   • the executive suite is located on …
   • visit the executive suite

   Visitors are asked to report to the executive suite on the twelfth floor.

   The executive suite has its own lift and meeting rooms.

   He was called up to the executive suite for a short meeting.

Word forms

Common combinations

book an executive suite

We booked an executive suite for the conference speakers.

the executive suite decided

The executive suite decided to freeze hiring for a year.

an executive suite on the top floor

Their executive suite on the top floor has a private terrace.

join the executive suite

After the promotion, he joined the executive suite.

upgrade to an executive suite

The airline upgraded us, but the hotel upgraded us to an executive suite.

Synonyms and how they differ

penthouse

Use penthouse for a luxury apartment at the very top of a building, often someone's home, rather than a hotel room or a group of managers.

boardroom

A boardroom is the room where senior people meet; it does not mean the people themselves or a set of hotel rooms.

management

Management can mean senior managers generally, but it is broader and less grand than the executive suite.

Word family

executive noun

A senior manager, or a decision-making group in a company.

executive adjective

Relating to senior managers or to carrying out plans, as in executive decisions.

suite noun

A set of connected rooms, or a set of related things such as software programs.

Commonly confused: executive suite or suit? executive suite or execution?

Practice

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