supervisor
nounEtymology
Attested since the 15th century C.E.; from Middle English supervisor, supervisour, supervysor, supervysour, from Latin supervīsor, from supervideō, in turn from super + videō. By surface analysis, supervise + -or.
- derived from supervīsor
- inherited from supervisor
Definitions
A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other…
A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
- Near-synonyms: superintendent, manager, boss, executive, overseer
- Thus, today, even if the objective does seem "goalish," the supervisor assumes the problem inherent in trying to "accomplish" that goal will become clear to the librarian as the action plan evolves […]
- The 1999 merger between Citibank (banking) and Travelers (insurance) created the model for megafinance and confirmed new challenges for supervisors.
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements…
A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called…
In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
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A process responsible for managing other processes.
- The clock burst which enables the supervisor to housekeep the console input and output and to change program status is currently set to 200 ms.
The neighborhood
- neighborsupervise
- neighborsupervisee
- neighborsupervision
- neighborsupervisory
- neighboroversight
- neighborsupercargo
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for supervisor. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA