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chief executives

chief executives is the plural of chief executive.

Meaning of chief executive

Noun

chief executive (plural chief executives)

  1. POTUS, the president of the United States.
  2. (Hong-Kong, capitalized) The head of government of Hong Kong
    • After consultation with the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive in Council may, on being satisfied that it is in the public interest to do so, give the Board such written directions as he thinks fit with respect to the performance of any of the Board’s functions under this Ordinance.2004, Legislative Council of Hong Kong, “Deposit Protection Scheme Ordinance”, in Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Gazette, Section 9(1), page A227
  3. (Macau) The head of government of Macau
  4. The governor of a U.S. state.

See all 5 meanings of chief executive

Noun capitalized: Chief Executives

Chief Executives

  1. (plural) plural of Chief Executive

Questions about chief executives

What is chief executives the plural of?
Chief executives is the plural of chief executive.
What part of speech is chief executives?
Chief executives is a noun.

Words near chief executives in the dictionary

  1. chief editor
  2. chief editors
  3. chief executive
  4. chief executive officer
  5. chief executive officers
  6. chief executives
  7. chief experience officer
  8. chief experience officers
  9. chief financial officer
  10. chief financial officers
  11. chief hare

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chief executives (page history and authors); Chief Executives (page history and authors); chief executive (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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