Meaning of Supervisor | Babel Free

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

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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