Free Translator Free Translator
Translators Dictionaries Courses Other
Home
English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Executive branch   /ɪgzˈɛkjətɪv bræntʃ/   Listen
Executive branch

noun
1.
The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws.  Synonym: Executive Office of the President.






WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University








Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words



Share |





"Executive branch" Quotes from Famous Books



... public discussion of the Santo Domingo question and the protocol by which the Santo Domingo Improvement Company claim was sent to arbitration, and later during the consideration of it, there was criticism of the Executive branch of the Government on account of its disposition to make international agreements of various kinds, and put them into operation without submitting them to the Senate. The practice became more general under President McKinley and Secretary ...
— Fifty Years of Public Service • Shelby M. Cullom



Words linked to "Executive branch" :   executive agency, Executive Office of the President, branch, president, executive department, Chief Executive, United States government, U.S. government, US Government, United States President, subdivision, arm, Manhattan Project, President of the United States, AEC, U.S., United States, Atomic Energy Commission



Copyright © 2024 Free-Translator.com