executive
/ɪɡˈzɛkjətɪv/ noun B2- A chief officer or administrator, especially one who can make significant decisions on their own authority.
- The branch of government that is responsible for enforcing laws and judicial decisions, and for the day-to-day administration of the state.
- A committee that manages the day-to-day running of an organisation. An executive committee. · She was on the executive of the Union of Democratic Mineworkers.
- A process that coordinates and governs the action of other processes or threads; supervisor.
Plural executives
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Whenever you attempt to perform two demanding tasks at once, your brain must engage in a complex series of executive control processes.
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