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EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
Synonyms:
executive branch; Executive Office of the President
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Executive Office of the President" is a kind of...):
arm; branch; subdivision (a division of some larger or more complex organization)
Meronyms (parts of "Executive Office of the President"):
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; President; President of the United States; United States President (the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government)
Meronyms (members of "Executive Office of the President"):
executive department (a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States)
Holonyms ("Executive Office of the President" is a member of...):
U.S.; U.S. government; United States; United States government; US Government (the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States)
