Supervisor

Definitions

1. A person with the official task of overseeing the work of a person or group, or of other operations and activities.
2. A person who monitors someone to make sure they comply with rules or other requirements set for them.
3. In certain states, an elected member of the governing body for a county which is called the board of supervisors.
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4. A process responsible for managing other processes.

Equivalents

31 more languages

العربيةالمشرفرقيبمشرفناظر+ 1 more

Българскиръководител

Bosanskiinspektornadgledniknadzorniksupervizorнадгледникнадзорниксупервизор+ 4 more

Catalàsupervisor

Češtinadozorceinspektor

Ελληνικάεπιβλέπωνεπόπτηςέφοροςπροϊστάμενος+ 1 more

Suomiesimiessilmälläpitäjätarkastajatyönvalvojavalvoja+ 2 more

Gaeilgemaor

עבריתבקרמפקח

हिन्दीदर्शकनियंत्रकनिर्देशकपर्यवेक्षकमालिकमुंतज़िम+ 3 more

Hrvatskiinspektornadgledniknadzorniksupervizorнадгледникнадзорниксупервизор+ 4 more

Bahasa Indonesiaadiaksadosen pembimbingkomendurkontrolirmandornadiropseteropzienerpengawassinder+ 7 more

Italianosupervisore

日本語スーパーバイザー主管監察監督管理人管理者+ 3 more

ქართულიზედამხედველიინსპექტორიმენეჯერიუფროსიხელმძღვანელი+ 2 more

ភាសាខ្មែរមេការ

한국어주관

Kurdînadir

Latinaepiscopus

Latviešusargs

Nederlandsleidinggevendetoezichthouder

Polskikontrolernaczelniknadzorca

Portuguêssupervisor

Românăsupervizor

Русскиймастернадзирательнадсмотрщикнача́льникруководи́тельсуперва́йзер+ 3 more

Српскиinspektornadgledniknadzorniksupervizorнадгледникнадзорниксупервизор+ 4 more

Svenskaförmånhandledaretillsyningsman

ไทยอธิบดี

Tagalogtagamasid

Українськадоглядач

Tiếng Việtgiám đốc

Examples

“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.”

“I had learned a lot about supervising by observing other supervisors—the good things and the not-so-good things they did.”

“Kashruth fraud in Brooklyn. Seems a goon squad of fake mashgichim or kosher supervisors have⟳ been making their way around the neighborhoods pulling surprise⟳ ‘inspections’ on different shops and restaurants, selling them fancy-looking certificates to put⟳ in the window […]”

“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.”

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