"chief executive" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chief executives [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} chief executive (plural chief executives)
  1. The president of the United States.
    Sense id: en-chief_executive-en-noun-jbzOGHNX Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 27 8 25
  2. The head of government or head of state.
    (Hong Kong, capitalized as office holder) The head of government of Hong Kong
    Tags: Hong-Kong, capitalized
    Sense id: en-chief_executive-en-noun-V-JFkIjB Categories (other): Hong Kong English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 27 8 25
  3. The head of government or head of state.
    (Macau) The head of government of Macau
    Tags: Macau
    Sense id: en-chief_executive-en-noun-Mkr-gs4~ Categories (other): Macanese English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 27 8 25
  4. The governor of a U.S. state.
    Sense id: en-chief_executive-en-noun-0No8sg09
  5. Chief executive officer. Translations (chief executive officer): 行政總裁 (Chinese Mandarin), 行政总裁 (xíngzhèng zǒngcái) (Chinese Mandarin), 首席執行官 (Chinese Mandarin), 首席执行官 (shǒuxí zhíxíngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 最高執行官 (Chinese Mandarin), 最高执行官 (zuìgāo zhíxíngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 執行總裁 (Chinese Mandarin), 执行总裁 (zhíxíng zǒngcái) (Chinese Mandarin), bestuursvoorzitter [masculine] (Dutch), algemeen directeur [masculine] (Dutch), CEO [masculine] (Dutch), चीफ एक्जिक्यूटिव अफसर (cīph ekjikyūṭiv aphsar) [masculine] (Hindi), kaiwhakahaere matua (Maori), verkställande direktör [common-gender] (Swedish), vd [common-gender] (Swedish), VD [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-chief_executive-en-noun-5NAYmGoH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 12 28 27 8 25 Disambiguation of 'chief executive officer': 4 18 18 3 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (the head of government or head of state): 行政長官 (Chinese Mandarin), 行政长官 (xíngzhèng zhǎngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), चीफ एक्जिक्यूटिव अफसर (cīph ekjikyūṭiv aphsar) [masculine] (Hindi), អគ្គប្រតិបត្តិ (ak keak prote batt) (Khmer)
Disambiguation of 'the head of government or head of state': 3 41 41 3 12

Inflected forms

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