CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chief operating officer mean? 

• CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (noun)
  The noun CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER has 1 sense:

1. the corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)

  Familiarity information: CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The corporate executive responsible for the operations of the firm; reports to a board of directors; may appoint other managers (including a president)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

CEO; chief executive officer; chief operating officer

Hypernyms ("chief operating officer" is a kind of...):

business executive; corporate executive (an executive in a business corporation)

 Context examples 

They hold titles such as chief nursing officer, nursing director, chief operating officer of health care facilities and systems, nurse manager, consultant in nursing administration and management, dean, and director of faculty in graduate and undergraduate nursing programs.

(Nurse Administrator, NCI Thesaurus)