Title: What does executive branch mean? definition, meaning and audio pronunciation (Free English Language Dictionary)
Headings: EXECUTIVE BRANCH
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
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• EXECUTIVE BRANCH (noun)
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Meaning: The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
Classified under: Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms: executive branch; Executive Office of the President
Hypernyms ("executive branch" is a kind of...): arm; branch; subdivision (a division of some larger or more complex organization)
Meronyms (parts of "executive branch"): AEC; Atomic Energy Commission (a former executive agency (from 1946 to 1974) that was responsible for research into atomic energy and its peacetime uses in the United States)
Manhattan Project (a former United States executive agency that was responsible for developing atomic bombs during World War II)
executive agency (an agency of the executive branch of government)
Chief Executive;