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su·per·vi·sor

(so͞o′pər-vī′zər)
n.
1. One who supervises.
2. One who is in charge of a particular department or unit, as in a governmental agency or school system.
3. One who is an elected administrative officer in certain US counties and townships.
su′per·vi′so·ry (-vī′zə-rē) adj.
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supervisor

(ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzə)
n
1. (Professions) a person who manages or supervises
2. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) a foreman or forewoman
3. (Education) (in some British universities) a tutor supervising the work, esp research work, of a student
4. (Education) (in some US schools) an administrator running a department of teachers
5. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) (in some US states) the elected chief official of a township or other subdivision of a county
6. obsolete a spectator
ˈsuperˌvisorship n
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su•per•vi•sor

(ˈsu pərˌvaɪ zər)

n.
1. a person who supervises workers or the work done by others; superintendent.
2. an official responsible for assisting teachers in the preparation of syllabuses, in devising teaching methods, etc., esp. in public schools.
3. the chief elective officer of a township.
[1425–75]
su′per•vi`sor•ship`, n.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. [画像:supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of]supervisor - one who supervises or has charge and direction of
bell captain - the supervisor of bellboys in a hotel
counsellor, counselor - someone who has supervisory duties at a summer camp
den mother - someone who plays the role of a den mother; "he serves as den mother to all the freshmen in this dormitory"; "she's the den mother to new secretaries"
theater director, theatre director, director - someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show
boss, foreman, honcho, chief, gaffer - a person who exercises control over workers; "if you want to leave early you have to ask the foreman"
forewoman - a woman in charge of a group of workers
overseer, superintendent - a person who directs and manages an organization
oyabun - a Japanese supervisor
monitor, proctor - someone who supervises (an examination)
director of research, research director - a supervisor in a research center
stage manager, stager - someone who supervises the physical aspects in the production of a show and who is in charge of the stage when the show is being performed
higher-up, superior, superordinate - one of greater rank or station or quality
system administrator - a person in charge of managing and maintaining a computer system of telecommunication system (as for a business or institution)
taskmaster - someone who imposes hard or continuous work
trail boss - the person responsible for driving a herd of cattle
2. [画像:supervisor - a program that controls the execution of other programs]supervisor - a program that controls the execution of other programs
operating system, OS - (computer science) software that controls the execution of computer programs and may provide various services
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"
executive routine, supervisory routine - a routine that coordinates the operation of subroutines
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supervisor

noun boss (informal), manager, superintendent, chief, inspector, administrator, steward, gaffer (informal, chiefly Brit.), foreman, overseer, baas (S. African) a full-time job as a supervisor at a factory
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supervisor

noun
Someone who directs and supervises workers:
Informal: straw boss.
Slang: chief.
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Translations
dozordozorce-kakontrolor
tilsynsførende
valvoja
nadglednik
umsjónarmaîur, stjórnandi
監督者
감독자
nadzornik
handledare
หัวหน้างานที่ควบคุมดูแล
người giám sát

supervisor

[ˈsuːpəvaɪzəʳ] N
1. (gen) → supervisor(a) m/f
2. (Univ) [of thesis] → director(a) m/f
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supervisor

[ˈsuːpərvaɪzər] n (gen) → superviseur/euse m/f; (in shop) → chef mf de rayon (UNIVERSITY) [student] → directeur/trice m/f de thèse
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supervisor

n (of work) → Aufseher(in) m(f), → Aufsicht f; (of research) → Leiter(in) m(f); (Brit Univ) → ̃ Tutor(in) m(f); (for PhD) → Doktorvater m → /-mutter f
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supervisor

[ˈsuːpəˌvaɪzəʳ] n → sorvegliante m/f, soprintendente m/f, supervisore m (Univ) → relatore/trice; (in shop) → capocommesso/a
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supervise

(ˈsuːpəvaiz) verb
to direct, control or be in charge of (work, workers etc). She supervises the typists. toesig hou يُراقِب، يُناظِر، يُشْرِف надзиравам supervisar kontrolovat, dohlížet beaufsichtegen føre tilsyn med επιβλέπω supervisar, controlar juhtima, vastutama سرپرستي كردن valvoa diriger לְפַקֵח עַל- पर्यवेक्षणा करना nadgledati, upravljati ellenőriz mengawasi stjórna, hafa umsjón með dirigere, sorvegliare 監督する 감독하다 prižiūrėti kontrolēt; uzraudzīt; pārzināt menyelia toezicht hebben ha oppsyn med nadzorować سرپرستی کول supervisar a dirija, a supra­veghea, a super­viza заведовать; контролировать kontrolovať, dozerať nadzirati nadgledati övervaka, ha tillsyn över ตรวจตรา teftiş etmek, denetlemek 監督 наглядати; завідувати دیکھ بھال کرنا giám sát 监督
ˌsuperˈvision (-ˈviʒən) noun
the act or work of supervising or state of being supervised. The firm's accounts are under the personal supervision of the manager; These children should have more supervision. toesig مُراقَبَه، مُناظَرَه، إشْراف надзор supervisão dozor; vedení die Aufsicht tilsyn επίβλεψη supervisión juhtimine, järelevalve سرپرستي valvonta supervision פיקוח पर्यवेक्षण, निरीक्षण, अधीक्षण kontrola, nadgledanje ellenőrzés pengawasan umsjón, eftirlit; verkstjórn supervisione, sorveglianza 監督 감독 priežiūra kontrole; uzraudzība; pārziņa penyeliaan toezicht tilsyn, overoppsyn, kontroll kontrola, nadzór سرپرستی supervisão supraveghere, su­per­vizare контроль; надзор; наблюдение dozor; dohľad nadzor nadgledanje övervakning, tillsyn, kontroll การดูแลตรวจตรา teftiş, denetleme 監督 нагляд; завідування نگرانی sự giám sát 监督
ˈsupervisor noun
a person who supervises. toesighouer مُشْرِف надзирател supervisor dozorce, kontrolor, -ka der/die Aufseher(in) tilsynsførende επόπτης supervisor järelevaataja, vastutaja سرپرست valvoja superviseur/-eure מפקח पर्यवेक्षक nadglednik, rukovodilac ellenőr pengawas umsjónarmaður, stjórnandi supervisore 監督 감독관 prižiūrėtojas inspektors; pārzinis penyelia supervisor avdelingssjef; tilsynsmann kontroler, inspektor سرپرست supervisor supraveghetor, supervisor контролер; надзиратель; инспектор dozorca, -kyňa; kontrolór, -ka; inšpektor nadzornik nadzornik upp-, tillsyningsman, förman ผู้ควบคุมดูแล müfettiş, denetçi 監督者 доглядач; наглядач نگراں người giám sát 监督者
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supervisor

→ مُشْرِف dozor tilsynsførende Aufseher επόπτης supervisor valvoja superviseur nadglednik supervisore 監督者 감독자 supervisor veileder nadzorca supervisor руководитель handledare หัวหน้างานที่ควบคุมดูแล amir người giám sát 导师
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supervisor

n. supervisor-a, jefe-a.
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Some news of the lugger in Kitt's Hole had found its way to Supervisor Dance and set him forth that night in our direction, and to that circumstance my mother and I owed our preservation from death.
In the meantime the supervisor rode on, as fast as he could, to Kitt's Hole; but his men had to dismount and grope down the dingle, leading, and sometimes supporting, their horses, and in continual fear of ambushes; so it was no great matter for surprise that when they got down to the Hole the lugger was already under way, though still close in.
As soon as I was mounted, holding on to Dogger's belt, the supervisor gave the word, and the party struck out at a bouncing trot on the road to Dr.
It is emphatically HIS end of the ship, though, of course, he is the executive supervisor of the whole.
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This supervisor of the proceedings, asserting his employers' rights to cart off by daylight, nightlight, torchlight, when they would, must have been the death of Silas if the work had lasted much longer.
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