ceo
/sˈiˌiˈoʊ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.46 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
3
Letters
3
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To serve as the chief executive officer (CEO) of an organization or company.
Informal; Intransitive verb
Example Sentences
- "CEOs who once made 50 times the average worker’s salary made more than 500 times as much in 2001."
- "Stack ranking had come into fashion after GE CEO Jack Welch used a similar system, called rank-and-yank, to turn around that company in the 1980s and 1990s."
- "Swisher then looked back at a number of tech CEOs booked for the conference in the past — from Steve Jobs to Elon Musk — and relayed that “we never promised anything or gave them any heads up. We’re journalists FFS.”"
- "Hey. CEO. Of. Racism. Made. You. Some. Lunch. 👊🏾 .😡"
- "Daddy-David's answer was CEOing. He'd CEOed at three companies, most recently as head of an electronic sensor manufacturer. “He's completely turned them around in less than a year,” Lise trilled, “and never missed Friday afternoon Bible study.”"
- "“We’d like you to be our CEO,” the board would say, and the CEO would say “sounds great but I am also the CEO of another company, is that a problem,” and the board would say “yes of course that’s a problem, we meant you’d quit your other CEO job and work for us, that’s how CEOing works, […]”"
Usage
Inflected Forms
CEOs (plural)
C.E.O. (alternative)
C. E. O. (alternative)
CEOs (present, singular)
CEOing (participle, present)
CEOed (participle, past)
CEOed (past)