"CEO" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: CEOs [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} CEO (countable and uncountable, plural CEOs)
  1. (countable, business) Initialism of chief executive officer. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: chief executive officer Categories (topical): Business, Occupations, People Synonyms (chief executive officer): C.E.O., C. E. O. Translations (chief executive officer): প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা (prôdhan nirbahi kôrmôkôrta) (Bengali), 最高執行官 (Chinese Mandarin), 最高执行官 (zuìgāo zhíxíngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 首席執行官 (Chinese Mandarin), 首席执行官 (shǒuxí zhíxíngguān) (Chinese Mandarin), 執行總裁 (Chinese Mandarin), 执行总裁 (zhíxíng zǒngcái) (Chinese Mandarin), 總裁 (Chinese Mandarin), 总裁 (zǒngcái) (Chinese Mandarin), administrerende direktør [common-gender] (Danish), CEO [common-gender] (Danish), CEO [masculine] (Dutch), bestuursvoorzitter [masculine] (Dutch), algemeen directeur [masculine] (Dutch), TJ (Finnish), tj (Finnish), PDG (French), מנכ״ל (mankal) (Hebrew), AD (Italian), adm.dir (Norwegian), administrerende direktør (Norwegian), CEO [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), diretor executivo [masculine] (Portuguese), DG (Romanian), генди́р (gendír) [informal, masculine] (Russian), генера́льный дире́ктор (generálʹnyj diréktor) [formal, masculine] (Russian), главни извршни равнатељ [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), главни извршни директор [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), glavni izvršni ravnatelj [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), glavni izvršni direktor [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), director ejecutivo [masculine] (Spanish), gerente general (english: America) [masculine] (Spanish), presidente ejecutivo [Spain, masculine] (Spanish), CEO [common-gender] (Swedish), VD [common-gender] (Swedish), vd [common-gender] (Swedish), YKB (Turkish), giám đốc điều hành (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-CEO-en-noun-QBwPnpEG Disambiguation of Occupations: 32 27 13 28 Disambiguation of People: 30 31 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 12 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 30 11 27 Topics: business Disambiguation of 'chief executive officer': 76 21 3 Disambiguation of 'chief executive officer': 76 21 3
  2. (UK, countable) Initialism of civil enforcement officer. Tags: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism Alternative form of: civil enforcement officer Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-CEO-en-noun-rY7Xcplv Disambiguation of Occupations: 32 27 13 28 Disambiguation of People: 30 31 14 25 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 12 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 30 11 27
  3. (aviation) Acronym of current engine option. Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: current engine option Categories (topical): Aviation, Occupations, People Synonyms (current engine option): ceo Related terms: CCO, CFO, CIO, co-CEO, CSO, CTO, CXO, she-E-O, NEO
    Sense id: en-CEO-en-noun-Xkn8ezoK Disambiguation of Occupations: 32 27 13 28 Disambiguation of People: 30 31 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 12 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 30 11 27 Topics: aeronautics, aerospace, aviation, business, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'current engine option': 7 4 89

Verb

Forms: CEOs [present, singular, third-person], CEOing [participle, present], CEOed [participle, past], CEOed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} CEO (third-person singular simple present CEOs, present participle CEOing, simple past and past participle CEOed)
  1. (intransitive, informal) To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company. Tags: informal, intransitive Categories (topical): Occupations, People
    Sense id: en-CEO-en-verb-icYp9ip9 Disambiguation of Occupations: 32 27 13 28 Disambiguation of People: 30 31 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 30 12 27 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 31 30 11 27

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "roman": "prôdhan nirbahi kôrmôkôrta",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা"
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "最高執行官"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zuìgāo zhíxíngguān",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "最高执行官"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "首席執行官"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǒuxí zhíxíngguān",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "首席执行官"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "執行總裁"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhíxíng zǒngcái",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "no",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "ro",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "word": "gerente general"
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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        "Spain",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "sense": "chief executive officer",
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      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chief executive officer",
      "word": "giám đốc điều hành"
    }
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}

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          "text": "Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”",
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