"executive function" meaning in English

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
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          "cerebral",
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          "process",
          "process"
        ],
        [
          "enable",
          "enable"
        ],
        [
          "expend",
          "expend"
        ],
        [
          "willpower",
          "willpower"
        ],
        [
          "task",
          "task"
        ]
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        "(psychology) Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "executive control"
        },
        {
          "word": "cognitive control"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "psychology",
        "sciences"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "alt": "waẓīfa(t) tanfīḏiyya",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "وَظِيفَة تَنْفِيذِيَّة"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "Translations",
          "word": "toiminnanohjaus"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "exekutive Funktion"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ispolnítelʹnaja fúnkcija",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "исполни́тельная фу́нкция"
        }
      ],
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        "executive function"
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  "word": "executive function"
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      "glosses": [
        "Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
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          "enable",
          "enable"
        ],
        [
          "expend",
          "expend"
        ],
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          "willpower",
          "willpower"
        ],
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          "task",
          "task"
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        "(psychology) Any of the cerebral processes that enable a person to expend willpower for the sake of completing tasks."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "executive control"
        },
        {
          "word": "cognitive control"
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      "alt": "waẓīfa(t) tanfīḏiyya",
      "code": "ar",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "وَظِيفَة تَنْفِيذِيَّة"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "word": "toiminnanohjaus"
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "exekutive Funktion"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ispolnítelʹnaja fúnkcija",
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        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "исполни́тельная фу́нкция"
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