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executive
Adjective
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Designed for execution, or carrying into effect.
executive
Noun
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A name for the head officer or administrator, especially one who can make important decisions.
The executive of the company was criticized for his poor management.
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The part of government that enforces laws and judicial decisions, and is in charge of running of the state.
The President is the chief executive of the United States government.
secretary
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noun
a person who is head of an administrative department of government
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noun
an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization
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noun
a desk used for writing
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noun
(= repository)
a person to whom a secret is entrusted
of
Preposition
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Made using.
It is a house of cards.
the
Determiner
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Used, instead of a, to reference something specific, already known to exist.
Compare "I read a book." and "I read the book."
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Used with a stress, to show that the word following is special.
Are you the John Smith that I went to school with?
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Used with an adjective that acts like a noun to mean all of the people concerned
The poor are always with us.
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Used with superlatives forms of adjectives and adverbs.
You are the best.
department
Noun
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A department is a part of a business, school, hospital or other institution that has a particular job.
The Department of Health is planning to build three new hospitals in the area.
It's often difficult to get the various government departments to work together.
He was in the Department of Law at the Keele University for nearly 20 years.
Professor Swallow, became Head of the English Department at Rummidge University.
The toy department is over there past
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A department is a part of a large store, which sells one kind of product.
You can find balls in the sporting goods department.
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Somebody's department is the things that they are good at or responsible for.
Sorry, I can't help you. That's not my department.
defense
Noun
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Defense is the process of protecting.
The secretary of defense met with the president at the White House.
Airplanes attacked the Ministry of Defense in Tehran.
Clinton's lawyers will lay out his defense next week.
Police officers can only shoot in self defense or to protect another person's life.
When he was accused, his friends and even some people who have never met him rushed to his defense.
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In a court case, the defense is the person who was accused of a crime together with their lawyer.
His defense lawyers say that Honecker did not shoot the gun.
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The defense is the players who are supposed to stop the other team from scoring points.
I wasn't very satisfied with the play of our offense, but our defense played great.